Thai

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicลวก
l w k
RomanizationPaiboonlûuak
Royal Instituteluak
(standard) IPA(key)/lua̯k̚˥˩/(R)

Verb

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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

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