Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *ʰloːmᴬ; cognate with Northern Thai ᩉᩖᩅ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຫຼວມ (lūam), ᦷᦜᧄ (l̇om), Shan လူမ် (lǔum), Ahom 𑜎𑜢𑜤𑜉𑜫 (lüm).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicหลวม
h l w m
Phonemic
หฺลวม
h ̥ l w m
RomanizationPaiboonlǔuam
Royal Instituteluam
(standard) IPA(key)/lua̯m˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective

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หลวม (lǔuam) (abstract noun ความหลวม)

  1. loose.