เหลว

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰleːwᴬ (liquid; soft).

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉᩖᩯᩅ or ᩉ᩠ᩃᩯᩅ, Isan แหลว, Lao ເຫຼວ (hr) or ແຫຼວ (hrǣu), ᦶᦜᧁ (l̇aew), Shan လႅဝ်ႈ (lēao), Tai Dam ꪵꪨꪫ, Tai Nüa ᥘᥦᥝᥴ (láew), Zhuang liu.

Pronunciation

Orthographicเหลว
e h l w
Phonemic
เหฺลว
e h ̥ l w
RomanizationPaiboonlěeo
Royal Instituteleo
(standard) IPA(key)/leːw˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective

เหลว • (lěeo) (abstract noun ความเหลว)

  1. liquid; watery
  2. futile; ineffectual

Derived terms

Further reading

  • เหลว” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.