คำหล่า(kam làa)
Meanings
1Proper nounB2
Khamla (given name)
A personal name (romanized as Khamla), common in Lao/Isan and Northern Thai contexts.
Examples
เมื่อวานmêuua waanเมื่อวานmêuua waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ตลาดdtà-làatตลาดdtà-làat1popular; mainstream (colloq.)2market; marketplace3market (economic demand/sector)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)เจอjerเจอjer1[to] meet; run into2[to] face; experience3[to] find; come acrossพี่pêeพี่pêe1older sibling2older person (informal address)คำหล่าkam làaคำหล่าkam làa1affectionate address (Isan/Lao); dear; lass2Khamla (given name)พอดีเลยpo dee loeiพอดีเลยpo dee loei[!] just right; perfect
Yesterday I went to the market and happened to run into Khamla.
2NounC1
affectionate address (Isan/Lao); dear; lass
A dialectal term of address in Isan/Lao and Northern Thai used affectionately for a younger person, often a younger woman or girl; conveys endearment similar to “dear” or “lass.”
Examples
กินข้าวgin kâaoกินข้าวgin kâao1[to] have a meal; eat (general)2[to] eat rice (literal)3[to] dine; go eat togetherหลายๆlăai lăaiหลายๆlăai lăaimany; several (emphatic)เด้อdérเด้อdérsentence-ending particle (Isan/Lao)คำหล่าkam làaคำหล่าkam làa1affectionate address (Isan/Lao); dear; lass2Khamla (given name)จะได้jà dâaiจะได้jà dâai1so that; in order that; that way2will be able to; get to; come to3then; so (result in instructions/explanations)โตdtohโตdtoh1[to] grow; mature2big; large; grown-up3grown-up; maturely (adv.)ไวๆwai waiไวๆwai waiquickly; fast
Eat a lot of rice, dear, so you can grow up fast.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
หล่าlàaหล่าlàa1younger one; dear (form of address; Isan/Northern)2younger person; child (dialectal)
- younger one; dear (form of address; Isan/Northern)
- younger person; child (dialectal)
น้องหล่าnóng làaน้องหล่าnóng làa1youngest child; youngest sibling2dear younger one; sweetheart
- youngest child; youngest sibling
- dear younger one; sweetheart
Word Breakdown
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หล่าlàaหล่าlàa1younger one; dear (form of address; Isan/Northern)2younger person; child (dialectal)Part 2
คำหล่าkam làaคำหล่าkam làaKhamla (given name)