เหลว

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰleːwᴬ (liquid; soft).

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉᩖᩯᩅ or ᩉ᩠ᩃᩯᩅ, Isan แหลว, Lao ເຫຼວ (hr) or ແຫຼວ (hrǣu), ᦶᦜᧁ (l̇aew), Shan လႅဝ်ႈ (lēao), Tai Dam ꪵꪨꪫ, Tai Nüa ᥘᥦᥝᥴ (láew), Zhuang liu.

Pronunciation

Orthographicเหลว
e h l w
Phonemic
เหฺลว
e h ̥ l w
RomanizationPaiboonlěeo
Royal Instituteleo
(standard) IPA(key)/leːw˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective

เหลว • (lěeo) (abstract noun ความเหลว)

  1. liquid; watery.
  2. futile; ineffectual.

Derived terms