ฮัก(hák)

Meanings

1NounB1

love; [to] love (Isan/Lao)

a dialectal term (Isan/Thai Lao; Lao language) meaning love or to love; used both as a noun and a verb in regional speech and media

Examples

ข้อยkôiข้อยkôiI; me (Isan/Lao dialect)ฮักเจ้าhák jâoฮักเจ้าhák jâoI love you (Isan/Northern Thai)นะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)
I love you.
2NounB2

darling; dear (Isan/Lao, vocative)

a dialectal term of endearment in Isan/Thai Lao and Lao, used to address a loved one

Examples

ฮักเอ๊ยhák óieฮักเอ๊ยhák óieOh, my love!กินข้าวgin kâaoกินข้าวgin kâao1[to] have a meal; eat (general)2[to] eat rice (literal)3[to] dine; go eat togetherแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ไป่bpàiไป่bpàinot (archaic)
Oh darling, have you eaten yet?

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