ลูกเลี้ยง

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Thai

Etymology

From ลูก (lûuk, child) +‎ เลี้ยง (líiang, foster).

Pronunciation

Orthographicลูกเลี้ยง
l ū k e l ī ˆ y ŋ
Phonemic
ลูก-เลี้ยง
l ū k – e l ī ˆ y ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonlûuk-líiang
Royal Instituteluk-liang
(standard) IPA(key)/luːk̚˥˩.lia̯ŋ˦˥/(R)

Noun

ลูกเลี้ยง (lûuk-líiang) (classifier คน)

  1. (colloquial) foster child; stepchild.

Synonyms