"ลุง" meaning in Thai

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Noun

IPA: /luŋ˧/ [standard] Forms: lung [romanization], คน [classifier]
Etymology: From Proto-Tai *luŋᴬ (“parent's older brother”). Cognate with Lao ລຸງ (lung), Lü ᦟᦳᧂ (lung), Shan လုင်း (lúng), Tai Nüa ᥘᥧᥒᥰ (lüng), Zhuang lungz, Nong Zhuang lungz, Saek ลุ๊ง. Etymology templates: {{inh|th|tai-pro|*luŋᴬ||parent's older brother}} Proto-Tai *luŋᴬ (“parent's older brother”), {{cog|lo|ລຸງ}} Lao ລຸງ (lung), {{cog|khb|ᦟᦳᧂ}} Lü ᦟᦳᧂ (lung), {{cog|shn|လုင်း}} Shan လုင်း (lúng), {{cog|tdd|ᥘᥧᥒᥰ}} Tai Nüa ᥘᥧᥒᥰ (lüng), {{cog|za|lungz}} Zhuang lungz, {{cog|zhn|lungz}} Nong Zhuang lungz, {{cog|skb|ลุ๊ง}} Saek ลุ๊ง Head templates: {{th-noun|คน}} ลุง • (lung) (classifier คน)
  1. uncle: older brother of one's father or mother.
    Sense id: en-ลุง-th-noun-rtin5baN
  2. a familiar title or term of address for any elderly man. Categories (topical): Family, Male family members
    Sense id: en-ลุง-th-noun-iBxv4Uyu Disambiguation of Family: 0 47 29 24 Disambiguation of Male family members: 8 31 25 36 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thai entries with incorrect language header, Thai terms of address, Thai terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 35 37 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 33 35 31 Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 1 32 33 34 Disambiguation of Thai terms of address: 1 36 37 26 Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 1 34 34 31
  3. (sometimes derogatory, offensive) a title or term of address for any man. Tags: derogatory, offensive, sometimes Categories (topical): Male family members
    Sense id: en-ลุง-th-noun-FouIJimZ Disambiguation of Male family members: 8 31 25 36 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thai entries with incorrect language header, Thai terms of address, Thai terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 35 37 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 33 35 31 Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 1 32 33 34 Disambiguation of Thai terms of address: 1 36 37 26 Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 1 34 34 31
  4. (slang, sometimes derogatory) person who acts like an elderly man, such as one who loves flirting with young girls. Tags: derogatory, slang, sometimes Categories (topical): Male, Male family members
    Sense id: en-ลุง-th-noun-f6mqLrqk Disambiguation of Male: 0 29 30 41 Disambiguation of Male family members: 8 31 25 36 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thai entries with incorrect language header, Thai nouns classified by คน, Thai terms of address, Thai terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 35 37 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 33 35 31 Disambiguation of Thai entries with incorrect language header: 1 32 33 34 Disambiguation of Thai nouns classified by คน: 13 23 21 42 Disambiguation of Thai terms of address: 1 36 37 26 Disambiguation of Thai terms with redundant script codes: 1 34 34 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: น้า (náa), ป้า (bpâa), อา (aa)
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      "name": "inh"
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      "ipa": "/luŋ˧/",
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  "word": "ลุง"
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        "(slang, sometimes derogatory) person who acts like an elderly man, such as one who loves flirting with young girls."
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  "word": "ลุง"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Thai dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (32c88e6 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.