ลูกหลง

Thai

Etymology

From ลูก (lûuk, “child, offspring; fruit; round object, as ball; etc”) +‎ หลง (lǒng, “to remain, to be left; to be misled, to be misguided; etc”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicลูกหลง
l ū k h l ŋ
Phonemic
ลูก-หฺลง
l ū k – h ̥ l ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonlûuk-lǒng
Royal Instituteluk-long
(standard) IPA(key)/luːk̚˥˩.loŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

ลูกหลง • (lûuk-lǒng)

  1. (idiomatic) child born after another child for many years, such as Benjamin of the family.
  2. (idiomatic) projectile unknowingly left in a gun.
  3. (idiomatic) projectile or any other thing which hits an unintended target, such as stray bullet.
  4. (slang) side effect; collateral effect.

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