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ลูก

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1n.

child; offspring; son; daughterwiktionary

2n.

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

3n.

ball; round objectwiktionary

4n.

fruitwiktionary

5cls.

classifier for fruits, balls, round objects, mountain ranges, and similar applicable nounscurated

6n.

subordinate; person of subordinate or inferior status; person subject to someone or somethingwiktionary

7n.

subordinate member; member of an entity other than its leaderwiktionary

Less common senses (1)
8n.

used as a title for a ball, round object, or fruitwiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

ลูกพี่ลูกน้องของผม ที่กรุงเทพ มาเที่ยวบ้านวันหยุด

My cousin from Bangkok came to visit for the holiday.

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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).