เรือนเบี้ย

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Thai

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Etymology

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Compound of เรือน (rʉʉan, amount) +‎ เบี้ย (bîia, money), literally money amount.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเรือนเบี้ย
e r ụ̄ ɒ n e ɓ ī ˆ y
Phonemic
เรือน-เบี้ย
e r ụ̄ ɒ n – e ɓ ī ˆ y
RomanizationPaiboonrʉʉan-bîia
Royal Instituteruean-bia
(standard) IPA(key)/rɯa̯n˧.bia̯˥˩/(R)

Noun

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เรือนเบี้ย (rʉʉan-bîia)

  1. (historical) amount of money owed by a slave to his master.
  2. (historical) debtor who sells himself as a slave to his creditor to pay off his debts.
  3. (historical) the condition of being such a slave: debt slavery, debt bondage, etc.