ลัก

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *C̬.lakᴰ (“to steal”),[1] from Old Chinese 賊 (OC *zɯːɡ)[2] or Old Chinese 掠 (OC *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raɡ).

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩃᩢ᩠ᨠ, Lao ລັກ (lak), Lü ᦟᧅ (lak), Shan လၵ်ႉ (lâ̰k), Ahom 𑜎𑜀𑜫 (lak), Saek ลั̄ก, Zhuang laeg.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicลัก
l ạ k
RomanizationPaiboonlák
Royal Institutelak
(standard) IPA(key)/lak̚˦˥/(R)
Homophones
 
ลักข์
ลักษณ์
ลักษมณ์
ลัคน์

Verb

ลัก • (lák) (abstract noun การลัก)

  1. to steal.
  2. to sneak; to smuggle.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 356
  2. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎[2], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 375
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