ຄັນຮົ່ມ

[khun-hohm]

umbrella Noun

* Note — Lao sentences and phrases are not typically spaced out by syllables. But, this is helpful for recognizing where syllables start and end.

Tips:

Different villages may say it differently because of different materials used for an umbrella and simply different dialects. Other words for umbrella include:

  • ຄັນກົດ or ກັ້ງກົດ
  • ຄັນຈ້ອງ
  • ຄັນຍູ້
  • ກັ້ງຮົ່ມ

Tone Breakdown

ຄັນ [khun] — this syllable has a low-class consonant, a short vowel, and a sonorant final consonant. As a result, this produces a high tone.

ຮົ່ມ [hohm] — this syllable has a low-class consonant, a short vowel, and a sonorant final consonant. This normally produces a high tone, but this syllable has a ໄມ້ເອກ /mai ehk/ tone mark. Therefore, the tone of the syllable is a middle tone.