เล็น

See also: เล่น

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *m.lelᴬ (“body louse”).[1]

Cognate with Lao ເມັນ (men), Shan မဵၼ်း (máen), Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜃𑜫 (min), Zhuang naenz and maenz (dialectal).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเล็น
e l ˘ n
RomanizationPaiboonlen
Royal Institutelen
(standard) IPA(key)/len˧/(R)
Homophonesเลนส์

Noun

เล็น • (len)

  1. flea; louse; nit.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 329
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