เมียหลวง

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Thai

Etymology

From เมีย (miia, wife) +‎ หลวง (lǔuang, principal).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเมียหลวง
e m ī y h l w ŋ
Phonemic
เมีย-หฺลวง
e m ī y – h ̥ l w ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonmiia-lǔuang
Royal Institutemia-luang
(standard) IPA(key)/mia̯˧.lua̯ŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

เมียหลวง (miia-lǔuang) (classifier คน)

  1. (sometimes considered vulgar, amongst polygamous peoples) principal wife or chief wife, as opposed to เมียน้อย (miia-nɔ́ɔi, minor wife; secondary wife; concubine).

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