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ลูก

See also: ลึก

Northern Thai

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Noun

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ลูก • (lûuk)

  1. Alternative form of ᩃᩪᨠ (“child”)
    • 2017, Wycliffe Bible Translators, พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ [New Testament], →ISBN, Matthew i.21, page 4:
      มารีย์จะเกิดลูกป้อจาย เมื่อเกิดมาแล้วหื้อตั้งจื้อว่า ‘เยซู’ ย้อนว่าต้านจะจ้วยคนของต้านหื้อรอดป๊นบาปโต้ษ
      maa-rii cà kə̀ət lûuk pɔ̂ɔ-caai. mʉ̂ʉa kəət maa lɛ́ɛo, hʉ̂ʉ tâŋ cʉ̂ʉ wâa 'yeesuu' yɔ̂ɔn wâa tâan cà cûuai khon khɔ̂ɔŋ tâan hʉ̂ʉ rɔ̂ɔt pón bàap tôot
      Mary shall give birth to a male child. Once he has been born, you shall give him 'Jesus' as his name for the reason that it is he who shall help his people to escape from their sins.

Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *lɯ:kᴰ (“child (offspring)”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩃᩪᨠ, Lao ລູກ (lūk), Lü ᦟᦴᧅ (luuk), Tai Dam ꪩꪴꪀ, Shan လုၵ်ႈ (lūk), Tai Nüa ᥘᥧᥐ (luk), Khamti လုက်ႉ, Phake လုက် (luk), Ahom 𑜎𑜤𑜀𑜫 (luk), Bouyei leg, Zhuang lwg. Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui laag (“son”), Proto-Hlai *hlɯːk (“child; offspring”) (whence ɗɯːʔ⁷~ɬɯːʔ⁷~ɬɯːk⁷~ɬɯaʔ⁷ across the different lects) and Proto-Be *ləːkᴰ² (“child; offspring”) (whence lɛk⁸~lək⁸ across the different lects). Outside of Kra-Dai, compare Proto-Austronesian *aNak (whence Siraya alak and Lubuagan Kalinga alak).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicลูก
l ū k
RomanizationPaiboonlûuk
Royal Instituteluk
(standard) IPA(key)/luːk̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

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ลูก • (lûuk)

  1. (classifier คน for a human being or ตัว for a nonhuman animal)
    1. child; offspring; issue.
    2. son; daughter.
  2. (classifier ลูก) ball; round object.
  3. (classifier ลูก or ผล) fruit.
  4. (classifier คน) subordinate; person of subordinate or inferior status; person subject to someone or something.
    ลูกหนี้
    lûuk nîi
    obligor
    (literally) luk of an obligation
  5. (classifier คน) subordinate member; member of an entity other than its leader.
    ลูกทีม
    lûuk tiim
    (literally) luk of a team (referring to the members of a team other than the team leader)
    ลูกบ้าน
    lûuk bâan
    (literally) luk of a village (referring to the members of a village other than the village chief)
    ลูกทัพฟ้า
    lûuk táp fáa
    (literally) luk of a sky force (referring to the members of an air force other than its commander)
    ลูกพรรค
    lûuk pák
    (literally) luk of a party (referring to the members of a political party other than its leader)
  6. used as a term of address or title
    1. used as an affectionate term of address to or title for an offspring, person regarded as one's offspring, or young person; and used by such person to refer to oneself.
    2. used as a title for a ball, round object, or fruit.

Derived terms

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Classifier

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ลูก • (lûuk)

  1. Classifier for balls, round objects, and fruits. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
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