ຄະນະ

Lao

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali gaṇa, from Sanskrit गण (gaṇa).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ຄະນະ • (kha na)

1. group, party
2. department, faculty

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• gaṇa (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• गण (Devanagari script)
• গণ (Bengali script)
• ගණ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂဏ or ၷꧣ (Burmese script)
• คณ or คะณะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄຓ or ຄະຓະ (Lao script)
• គណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄕 (Chakma script)

Noun

ຄະນະ (gana) n

1. Lao script form of gaṇa (“group of people”)

Declension

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ຄະໂນ (gano)	ຄະນາ (ganā)
Accusative (second)	ຄະນັງ (ganaṃ)	ຄະເນ (gane)
Instrumental (third)	ຄະເນນະ (ganena)	ຄະເນຫິ (ganehi) or ຄະເນຠິ (ganebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ຄະນັສສະ (ganassa) or ຄະນາຍະ (ganāya) or ຄະນັຕຖັງ (ganatthaṃ)	ຄະນານັງ (ganānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ຄະນັສມາ (ganasmā) or ຄະນັມຫາ (ganamhā) or ຄະນາ (ganā)	ຄະເນຫິ (ganehi) or ຄະເນຠິ (ganebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ຄະນັສສະ (ganassa)	ຄະນານັງ (ganānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ຄະນັສມິງ (ganasmiṃ) or ຄະນັມຫິ (ganamhi) or ຄະເນ (gane)	ຄະເນສຸ (ganesu)
Vocative (calling)	ຄະນະ (gana)	ຄະນາ (ganā)

Declension table of "ຄະນະ" (masculine)