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| ลหุ laH hooL | ![]() |
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| 1. | [is] light; minor; small; petty |
| 2. | syllable without an accent; unstressed syllable in Thai prosody [see notes] |
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| Phonemic Thai | ละ-หุ |
| IPA | lá hùʔ |
| Royal Thai General System | lahu |
| 1.  [adjective, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | [is] light; minor; small; petty | ||
| examples | ลหุโทษ![]() ![]() | laH hooL tho:htF | punishment for a petty offense; light punishment; light penalty |
ลหุโทษ![]() ![]() | laH hooL tho:htF | [referring to] the minor-offense prison in Bangkok | |
คดีลหุโทษ![]() | khaH deeM laH hooL tho:htF | a misdemeanor case | |
| 2.  [noun, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | syllable without an accent; unstressed syllable in Thai prosody [see notes] | ||
| notes | ลหุ คือพยางค์ที่มีเสียงเบา ได้แก่ พยางค์ที่ประกอบด้วย สระสั้น (รัสสระ) ที่ไม่มีตัวสะกด เช่น พระ จะ มิ ดุ แกะ ฯลฯ | ||
| example | คำลหุ![]() ![]() | khamM laH hooL | an open, short word or syllable using the sounds, for example, อะ, อิ, อี, อุ, เอะ, แอะ, โอะ, อัวะ, เอีอะ, เออะ, เอาะ, etc. |

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