ลูก

See also: ลึก

Thai

Etymology

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), Bouyei leg, Zhuang lwg. Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui laag (“son”), Proto-Hlai *hlɯ:k (“child”) (whence ɗɯːʔ⁷~ɬɯːʔ⁷~ɬɯːk⁷~ɬɯaʔ⁷ across the different lects) and Proto-Be *ləːkᴰ² (whence lɛk⁸~lək⁸ across the different lects). Compare also Siraya alak.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ลูก l ū k
Romanization	Paiboon	lûuk
	Royal Institute	luk
(standard) IPA(key)		/luːk̚˥˩/(R)

Noun

ลูก • (lûuk) (classifier คน or ลูก)

1. child; offspring.
2. son; daughter.
3. fruit; nut.
4. small ball.

Related terms

• (descendants) ผู้สืบสันดาน (pûu-sʉ̀ʉp-sǎn-daan): ลูก (lûuk, “child”), หลาน (lǎan, “grandchild”), เหลน (lěen, “great-grandchild”), ลื่อ (lʉ̂ʉ, “great-great-grandchild”), ลืบ (lʉ̂ʉp, “great-great-great-grandchild”), ลืด (lʉ̂ʉt, “great-great-great-great-grandchild”)

Classifier

ลูก • (lûuk)

1. Classifier for round fruit, children, young animals, mid-sized hard round objects. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier