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Lao

/kaːn˩˧/

noun
Definitions
  • work, business
  • mission, responsibility, duty
  • act, action
  • scale, size

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali kāra (deed, noun suffix, act of mercy worship, service, letter sound, homage, doing, word, act of homage) borrowed from Sanskrit कार (action, performing, deed, doing, making, producing, etc, sound, act, doer, tax, smith).

Origin

Sanskrit

कार

Gloss

action, performing, deed, doing, making, producing, etc, sound, act, doer, tax, smith

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

税, 租

Emoji
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