Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedchild; offspring; son; daughterwiktionary
used affectionately as a term of address or title for one's offspring, a person regarded as one's offspring, or a young person, and by such a person to refer to oneselfwiktionary
ball; round objectwiktionary
fruitwiktionary
classifier for fruits, balls, round objects, mountain ranges, and similar applicable nounscurated
subordinate; person of subordinate or inferior status; person subject to someone or somethingwiktionary
subordinate member; member of an entity other than its leaderwiktionary
Less common senses (1)
used as a title for a ball, round object, or fruitwiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesพ่อของลูกฉันอยู่ไหน
Where is my child's father?
เพื่อนอีกคนกำลังจะมีลูก
Another's pregnant.
และในวันที่ลูกป่วย
And the days my child is sick
เพราะมีลูกอยู่ตรงนี้
because my child is right here.
ลูกพี่ลูกน้องของผม ที่กรุงเทพ มาเที่ยวบ้านวันหยุด
My cousin from Bangkok came to visit for the holiday.
Built from
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 လ︀ုက︀်ႉ, Phake လ︀ုက︀် (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).