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ลูก

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1
cls.

numerative noun for fruits, mountain ranges, etc.

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).

In a sentence

ฝรั่ง 1 ก.ก. จะมีประมาณ 3 ลูก

From Wiktionary

1
n.

child; offspring; issue

2
n.

son; daughter

3
n.

ball; round object

4
n.

fruit

5
n.

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

ลูกหนี้

6
n.

subordinate member; member of an entity other than its leader

ลูกทีม

ลูกบ้าน

ลูกทัพฟ้า

ลูกพรรค

7
n.

used as a term of address or title / 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

8
n.

used as a term of address or title / used as a title for a ball, round object, or fruit

9
cls.

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

A note on usage

ลักษณนามใช้แก่ลูกไม้ หรือสิ่งที่มีรูปกลมๆ หรือยาวๆ