See lao in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"abutment"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[laːw˧˧]",
"tags": [
"Hà-Nội"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[laːw˧˧]",
"tags": [
"Huế"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[laːw˧˧]",
"note": "Saigon"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"vi:lao"
],
"word": "lao"
}
Download raw JSONL data for lao meaning in Vietnamese (6.6kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: bệnh ~",
"path": [
"lao"
],
"section": "Vietnamese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "lao",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: bệnh ~",
"path": [
"lao"
],
"section": "Vietnamese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "lao",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Vietnamese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (aeaf2a1 and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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