เลี้ยง

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *liəŋᶜ (to raise), from Middle Chinese (MC jɨɐŋX, jɨɐŋH, “to nourish”). Cognate with Lao ລ້ຽງ (līang), Shan လဵင်ႉ (leng5).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเลี้ยง
elīˆyŋ
RomanizationPaiboonlíiang
Royal Instituteliang
(standard) IPA(key)/lia̯ŋ˦˥/

Verb

เลี้ยง (líiang) (abstract noun การเลี้ยง)

  1. to foster; to nurture, to feed.

Derived terms

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