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RESPONDENT PROFILE

YOUR NAME		NHIALEE KALAKETLOR
E-MAIL		kalaketlor@yahoo.com
NATIONALITY		LAO
YOUR MOTHER TONGUE		LAO
OTHER LANGUAGE(S) YOU SPEAK		Thai, English,and Japanese.
LANGUAGE YOU ARE ANSWERING
QUESTIONNAIRE
TERM in English	EQUIVALENT in the host language in the original script and Romanized form	Explanation of the composition of adopted word. Examples of words which use the same root element are highly useful to understand thinking behind the adoption.
Science	ວິທະຍາສາດ “vithayasart”	ວິທະຍາ. /vithaya/ means sujects, ideas, methods and so on.   ສາດ. /sart/ means system, knowledge. This word is often used after other words . For example: Mathematics (ຄະນິດສາດ) /khanitsart/, History (ປະຫວັດສາດ) /pavatsart/, Geography (ພູມສາດ) /phumsart / and so on.
Technology	ເຕັກໂນໂລຊີ “teknoloci”	ເຕັກໂນໂລຊີ / teknoloci / means a method of making things by hand, or creates something by people with their ideas or by their arts, using their ideas for practical purposes. For example: an engine is based on knowledge of technology. X-ray is based on knowledge of radiological technology and medical technology.
Engineering	ວິສະວະກໍາ “visavakam”	/ວິສະວະ/ means mechanics, a method of creating, or acting to make something.  ກໍາ /kam/ : in Laos this word has a bad meaning, because the word means that when you do something bad to anyone else you don’t know, people in Laos believe that such a bad thing might happen to you in the future, even though In reality a bad thing won’t happen to you. It is just used after a word and helps the word to extend the meaning. For example: the arts (ສີລະປະກຳ) / silapakam/, handicraft (ຫັດຖະກຳ) /hatthakam/ and so on.
Research	ການຄົ້ນຄວ້າ “kankhonkhuo”	ຄົ້ນ/khon/ means searching, looking, finding and so on. ຄົ້ນຄວ້າ /khonkhuo/ means explore, investigate, study and so on. ການ /kan/: it is the word to be used as a prefix and change a verb to be a noun. For example: eating (ການກີນ)/kanyu/, staying (ການຢູ່)/kankin/ and so on.
University	ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລ “mahavithayalai”	ມະຫາ/maha/ describes big, hug, large, supreme as a person: it means he/she is the king, or the hero of the generation. ວິທະຍາໄລ/vithayalai/ means the place where we can study a lot of subjects, learn new things, and get knowledge. ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລ/ mahavithayalai/ means the place where we can get more knowledge and we can study the newest thing.
Computer	ຄອມພິວເຕີ “khompueter”	ຄອມພິວເຕີ / khompueter/ means a machine we use for typing a letter, or write something without a pen, a pencil, but using fingers and electronic. In this way we can save various information, use it for our daily life, for business or studying, including communication. We can say that the machine has a comprehensive competence.
Civil engineering	ວິສະວະກໍາກໍ່ສ້າງ “visavakamkorsang”	/ວິສະວະ/ means mechanics, a method of creating, or acting to making something.  ກໍາ /kam/: in Laos this word has a bad meaning, it means that when you do something bad to anyone else you don’t know, people in Laos believe that such a bad thing might happen to you in the future, even though in reality a bad thing won’t happen to you. It is just used after a word and helps the word to extend the meaning. For example: the arts (ສີລະປະກຳ) / silapakam/, handicraft (ຫັດຖະກຳ) /hatthakam/ and so on. ກໍ່ສ້າງ /korsang/ means making something by hand, producing, creating, designing, planning and so on. ວິສະວະກໍາກໍ່ສ້າງ / visavakamkorsang/ means architecture, making a road, designing a house, and so on.

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