ຂະນະ

Lao

Etymology

From Pali khaṇa, from Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa). Cognate with Mon ခၞ, Khmer ខណៈ (khaʼnaʼ), Thai ขณะ (kà-nà), Burmese ခဏ (hka.na.).

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [kʰa(ʔ˧˥).naʔ˧]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [kʰa(ʔ˩˨).naʔ˧˨]
• Hyphenation: ຂະ-ນະ
• Rhymes: -aʔ

Noun

ຂະນະ • (kha na)

1. moment

Preposition

ຂະນະ • (kha na)

1. during

Conjunction

ຂະນະ • (kha na)

1. while

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• khana (Latin script)
• 𑀔𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• खन (Devanagari script)
• খন (Bengali script)
• ඛන (Sinhalese script)
• ခန or ၶၼ (Burmese script)
• ขน or ขะนะ (Thai script)
• ᨡᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ຂນ (Lao script)
• ខន (Khmer script)
• 𑄈𑄚 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• khaṇa (Latin script)
• 𑀔𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• खण (Devanagari script)
• খণ (Bengali script)
• ඛණ (Sinhalese script)
• ခဏ or ၶꧣ (Burmese script)
• ขณ or ขะณะ (Thai script)
• ᨡᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ຂຓ or ຂະຓະ (Lao script)
• ខណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄈𑄕 (Chakma script)

Verb

ຂະນະ (khana)

1. Lao script form of khaṇa／khana, imperative active second-person singular of ຂະນະຕິ (khanati ⇨ khaṇati, “to dig”)