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นวล

nuuanadjective

cream

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Meaningsevery sense kept, sourced — never invented

1adj.

creamlexitron

2adj.

light-colored; ivorylexitron

3adj.

yellowish white; cream (color/colour)wiktionary

4adj.

shining bright; having an aura; glowingly beautifulwiktionary

5adj.

tender; gentle; mild; softwiktionary

6n.

flour sprinkled on a dough to prevent it from sticking to a surface, such as farinawiktionary

7n.

light-coloured spot on the skin of a fruit or on a leaf indicating that it is getting ripe or overripewiktionary

8n.

woman; beloved woman; fair woman(literary, poetic)wiktionary

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Warm yellow. I turn it on every night.

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Uncertain. Cognate with Northern Thai ᨶ᩠ᩅᩁ, Khün ᨶ᩠ᩅᩁ, Lao ນວນ (nūan), Lü ᦷᦓᧃ (non), Shan ၼူၼ်း (núun), Zuojiang Zhuang nuenh, Nong Zhuang noanh (“light yellow”). Compare Modern Khmer នួន (nuən, “(of women) fine, fair, sweet; soft; tender; etc”).

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