ຈ່າຍ
[jai]
to pay Verb
Example —
ລາວ ຈະ ຈ່າຍ ຄືນ ມື້ ໜ້າ*
[lao ja jahy kheun meu nah]
He will be pay me back another day.
* Note — Lao sentences and phrases are not typically spaced out by syllables. But, this is helpful for recognizing where syllables start and end.
Tone Breakdown
ຈ່າຍ [jai] — this syllable has a middle-class consonant, a long vowel, and a sonorant final consonant. This normally produces a low, but this syllable has a ໄມ້ເອກ /mai ehk/ tone mark. Therefore, the tone of the syllable is a middle tone.