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เหลน

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *ʰlenꟲ (great-grandchild).[1]

Cognate with Lao ເຫຼນ (lēn) or ເຫຼັນ (len), ᦜᦲᧃ (l̇iin), Shan လိၼ် (lǐn), Zhuang laenj.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicเหลน
e h l n
Phonemic
เหฺลน
e h ̥ l n
RomanizationPaiboonlěen
Royal Institutelen
(standard) IPA(key)/leːn˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

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เหลน (lěen) (classifier คน)

  1. great-grandchild.
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References

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  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 336