ลวก

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *luəkᴰ (“to scald”). Cognate with Lao ລວກ (lūak), Lü ᦷᦟᧅ (lok), Saek หล้วก.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ลวก l w k
Romanization	Paiboon	lûuak
	Royal Institute	luak
(standard) IPA(key)		/lua̯k̚˥˩/(R)

Verb

ลวก • (lûuak) (abstract noun การลวก)

1. (of heat or hot substance, as fire, hot liquid, etc) to burn the outer part (of); to affect superficially.
2. to parboil.

Derived terms

• ไข่ลวก
• ลวก ๆ (lûuak-lûuak)