ลำเอียง
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Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Khmer ល្អៀង (lʼiaṅa, “to lean, to slant, to slope, to tilt; to tend, to trend; to be inclined (towards), to be calculated (to); etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer លំអៀង (lumʼiəng) or លម្អៀង (lumʼiəng), and ល្អៀង (lʼiəng), Lao ລຳອຽງ (lam ʼīang). Possibly doublet of เอียง (iiang).
Pronunciation
[edit]| Orthographic | ลำเอียง l å e ɒ ī y ŋ | |
| Phonemic | ลำ-เอียง l å – e ɒ ī y ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | lam-iiang |
| Royal Institute | lam-iang | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /lam˧.ʔia̯ŋ˧/(R) | |
Verb
[edit]ลำเอียง • (lam-iiang) (abstract noun การลำเอียง or ความลำเอียง)
- to be biased; to be discriminatory; to be nonneutral; to be partial; to be prejudiced.