เหลือบ

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicเหลือบ
e h l ụ̄ ɒ ɓ
Phonemic
เหฺลือบ
e h ̥ l ụ̄ ɒ ɓ
RomanizationPaiboonlʉ̀ʉap
Royal Institutelueap
(standard) IPA(key)/lɯa̯p̚˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1

Noun

เหลือบ (lʉ̀ʉap)

  1. horsefly.
  2. (slang)
    1. a person who lives at the expense of another.
    2. a person who derives benefits from another without making any contribution to him or her.
    3. a person who appropriates another's property for oneself.

Adjective

เหลือบ (lʉ̀ʉap) (abstract noun ความเหลือบ)

  1. having a lustrous or shiny colour or surface like the eyes of a horsefly.

Etymology 2

Verb

เหลือบ (lʉ̀ʉap) (abstract noun การเหลือบ)

  1. to look quickly or briefly.
  2. to look sideways; to look with a side-glance.