Dictionary entry
ลูก
child
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 voicesแม่ถามว่า "เงินพอใช้ไหมลูก"
Mom asks, "Is the money enough, dear?"
Ing · กาฬสินธุ์from เงินที่พ่อแม่ส่งมาให้ →
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).
Words built from it
ลูก inside longer wordsA note on usage
ลักษณนามใช้แก่ลูกไม้ หรือสิ่งที่มีรูปกลมๆ หรือยาวๆ