ᩃᩮᩥᩢ᩠ᨠ

Northern Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *lɤkᴰˢ⁴ (“deep”), from Proto-Tai *lɤkᴰ (“deep”). Cognate with Thai ลึก (lʉ́k), Southern Thai หลึก, Lao ເລິກ (lœk) or ລຶກ (lưk), Lü ᦵᦟᦲᧅ (loek), Shan လိုၵ်ႉ (lṵ̂ek), Ahom 𑜎𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (lük), Zhuang laeg, Nong Zhuang ndaek.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ᩃᩮᩥᩢ᩠ᨠ
Phonemic {Unorthographical; Short}		เลิ็ก e l i ˘ k
Romanization	Paiboon	lə́k
	Royal Institute	loek
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)		/lɤk̚˥/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)		/lɤk̚˥˥˦/

Adjective

ᩃᩮᩥᩢ᩠ᨠ • (transliteration needed) (abstract noun ᨣᩤᩴᩃᩮᩥᩢ᩠ᨠ or ᨤ᩠ᩅᩣ᩠ᨾᩃᩮᩥᩢ᩠ᨠ)

1. deep.