Dictionary

Click on a word, to learn how to say it in Lao Sign Language.

A

  ability   about   about   above   absorb   accept   according to   ache   add   affair   afraid   after   after   again   age   agree   agree   aid   air   airplane   airport   alive   all   all   allow   alone   already   also   also   altogether   altogether   am   America   amount   and   and   and then   angry   angry   animal   animal [classifier]   announce   answer   ant   area   arm   arrive   arrive   arrive   article   artist   ask   ask   assist   at   attach   attack   attract   attract   attractive   aunt   Australia   avenue   average   away

B

  baby   back   bad luck   ball   bamboo shoot   bathroom   battle   be   be   be acquainted with   be afraid   be born   be frightened   be interested in   be on time for   be sick   bear   beat   beautiful   beautiful   because   because   because   become   bed   before   beg   begin   behind   below   below   bend   bent   between   bicycle   Big Brother Mouse   Big Sister Mouse (school name)   bike   bird   bite   black   black and white   blaze   blouse   blue   board   boat   body   Bokeo   book   borrow   bottle   bowl   break   break off   bridge   brief   bring   brothers and sisters   brown   Buddha image   Buddhist holy day   buffalo   bug   build   bus   bus station   business   but   butterfly   buy   by

C

  cabbage   cake   call   call on phone   call on phone   calm   camel   can   can   candy   car   car   care for   carrot   carry   carry   cat   catch   catch up   cease   cellphone   certainly   chair   chalk   chalk   chat   chicken   child   child   child   China   Chinese   Christmas day   classifier for cups or bowls   classifier for muscle   classifier for pairs   clay   clear   clever   climate   climb   clock   close   cock   coconut palm   cold   cold   color   come   comfortable   comic   communicate   company   compete   concerning   construct   contest   continue   continue on   cook   cookie   cool   corn   correct   correct   country   couple   court (n)   cousin   cow   crayon   creates a question   criticize   cross   cucumber   culture   curry   curse   cut   cut   cut   cute   cutting board

D

  dance   dance   dark   day   day (as date)   decide   declare one's ticket   decree   deer   delicious   depart   desk   did   die   different   different   difficult   dinosaur   directly   discuss   distance   district   dive   do   doctor   doctor   doer   dog   don't have   don't know   don't like   door   down   downstairs   draw   drink   drink   drug   drum   drunk   duck   due to

E

  each other   ear   earth   easy   eat   eat   egg   eggplant   eight   electricity   elephant   employee   empty   end   engine   enough   enter   equal   equal to   eraser   especially   etc.   even number   ever   excessively   excited   exhausted   exist   exist   extended   eye

F

  face   fall   family   fan   far   farm   farm   farmer   fast   fat   father   favorable   feel   felt-tip marker   female   festival   few   field   field   field   final   finally   finger   finish   finish   finished   finished   fire   first   fish   fish sauce   fishing   five   fix   flag   flee   floor   flower   fly   fold   food   foot   football   football field   for   for   for the sake of   forbid   forest   four   fox   free   Friday   friend   friend   frighten   frog   from   front   fruit   full   fun   fun   fungus   funny   funny   future

G

  garlic   gas station   gate   genuine   get   get   get   get better   giraffe   girl   give   give alms   glad   glass   glue   go   go out   goat   gold   good   good at   good day   good hearted   Good luck!   goodbye   goose   grab   graceful   grandchild   grass   gray   greedy   green   grey   ground   group   group   grow   guard   guesthouse   guide   guitar

H

  hair   hand   handle (ie of a pan)   happen   happen next   happiness   happy   happy   harvest   haste   have   having fun   he she   head   hear   heart   heavy   hello   help   hen   high   hippopotamus   history   hit   home   horn   horse   hospital   hot (spicy)   hot (temperature)   hot weather   hotel   hour   house   how   how many?   how much   how much? how many? to what extent?   how? what kind?   hundred   hungry   hurry   hurry   hurt   husband

I

  I   ice   if   important   improve   in   in all   in all   in back of   in order   indirect   inform

-

  -ing   -ing [is now doing]

I

  inquire   insect   intelligent   interest on loan   invite   is able   it   it   Italy   item

J

  jacket   jackfruit   jester   join together   joke   jump   jump

K

  kangaroo   keep   key   keyboard   khaen (a lao wind instrument)   kick   kill   kind   kind (generous)   kind (sort)   knapsack   knife   know   know   know

L

  land   language   Lao   lao skirt   Laos   Laotian   large   large knife   last   last night   laugh   lay   lay eggs   lazy   lead   leaf   learn   leave   leg   less opportunity   let   lie down   life   light   light bulb   like   liquid   listen to   little   little   live   live (dwell in)   live in   living   located at   log   long   longan   look   look at   look for   loop   lose   love   lovely   Luang Namtha   Luang Prabang   luck

M

  machete   magic   maize   make   make   make happen   male [of humans]   man   mango   manner   many   map   marry   material   maternal father-in-law   maternal grandfather   mathematics   matter   maybe   maybe   me   measure   meat   medical worker: nurse   medicine   meditate   meet   melon   meter   method   middle   million   mind   minute   misfortune   mobile phone   mock   Monday   money   monk   monkey   month   moon   moral   more   morning   mortar   mosquito   most   moth   mother   motorcycle   mountain   mouth   move   mushroom   music

N

  name   narrow   National Day   naughty   near   neck   need   nephew   new   new year   New Year's festival   next   nice   niece   nine   no   normally   nose   not   notify   novice   now   nurse

O

  object   objective   o'clock   of   often   often   oil   old   old woman or grandmother   older brother   older sister   once upon a time   one   oneself   onion   only   only   open   open   operate   opportunity   or   orange (fruit)   orange [color]   other   Oudomxai   out   own   ox

P

  pair   panda   pants   papaya   paper   pass   past   path   path   pause   pay   pay attention to   pen   pencil   pencil   pencil sharpener   penguin   people   peppery   period   period of time   person   person   person who does something   pestle   petroleum product   phone number   picture   pig   pill   pilot   pineapple   pink   place   play   please   polar bear   poor   pray   prefix for year of primary school   prepare   preschool   pretty   previous   problem   prohibit   protect   proud   province   purchase   purple   purpose   put into

Q

  quality of   question   question   quick   quiet

R

  rabbit   race   rain   rain falls   rat   raw materials   reach   read   ready   really   reap   reap the rice   receive   red   referee   regarding   region   regular   regulation   relative   relatives   relax   religion   remai   represents a personal name   request   rest (take a break)   rest (take a break)   return   return home   rhinoceros   rice   rice field   rich   ride   river   road   road   road   room   rope   rope   route   rub   rule   run

S

  Saiyabury   salty   same   same   same   Saturday   scared   schedule   school   scissors   scold   sea   sea horse   search   search   second (1/60 min)   see   seek   sell   send   service or repair business   seven   sever   shade   shall   shampoo   shelf   ship   shirt   shirt   shoe   shop   short   shorts   short-sleeved shirt   should   show consent or agreement   sign language   signal   silver   similar   similar to   simple   since   sing   sit   six   size   sky   sky   sleep   sleep   slide   slide (playground equipment)   slim   slow   smart   smile   snack   snail   snake   snake bean   soap   sofa   soft   soil   soldier   solve   some   sort   sound   soup   south   speak   spend   spicy   spirit   sports   spot   staff   stand   stapler   star   stare at   stay away   steer   stew   stew pot   sticky rice   still   stomach   stool   stop   stop   storm   stove   street   strike   string   string   striped   strong   student   study   stump   style   subject   suck   sun   sun   Sunday   sunshine   support   surprised   surprised   swan   swim   swim   swing   swing

T

  table   table   tail   take   take   take measurements   talk   talk   tall   tape   target   tax check point   teach   teacher   teacher   telephone   tell   temple   ten   Thailand   than   thank (you)   that   that   that   then   then   these   they   they   thin   thin (of things - not people)   thing   thing   thing   think   this   thousand   thread   three   thunder   Thursday   ticket   tiger   tight   time   time   time   tired   tired   title or prefix for female   to be named   to call   to say   to state (royal)   tobacco   today   together   toilet   tomato   tomorrow   tongue   too   too   tooth   toothbrush   toothpaste   tour   tourist   toward   train   transfer   transmit   transparent   transplant rice   travel   travel   tree   tree leaf   trousers   true   true   try   try   tube   Tuesday   tuk tuk   tunnel   turn on   turtle   twenty   two   type   type

U

  umbrella   uncle   under   under   understand   undeveloped   United States of America   until   until   up   urgency   urgent   use   used to

V

  value   van   various   vehicle   Vientiane   village   village   villager   visitor   volleyball

W

  wait for   wake up   walk   want   want   war   warn   waste   watch   watch   watch   water   water tank   way   we   we   wear   weather   weave   wedding   Wednesday   welcome   well   well-off   what   what?   when   when   where   where   where?   which   which   which   while   white   who   who   why   wife   wild   will   will   win   win   wind   window   with   with   with   woman   wood   work   world   worried   worry   would like   write

X

  Xiang Khuang

Y

  year   yellow   yes   yesterday   yet   you   you   you   young   young man   younger brother   younger brother or sister   younger sister

Z

  zebra