ลิ่ม

Thai

Alternative forms

  • หลิ้ม (hlîm)obsolete

Etymology

Cognate with Lao ຫຼິ້ມ (lim). Possibly doublet of เล่ม (lêm).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicลิ่ม
l i ˋ m
RomanizationPaiboonlîm
Royal Institutelim
(standard) IPA(key)/lim˥˩/(R)

Noun

ลิ่ม • (lîm)

  1. wedge, peg
  2. clot (of blood); lump

Derived terms

  • เป็นลิ่มๆ

Further reading

  • ลิ่ม” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.