ฮักลูก(hák lôok)

Meanings

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[to] love [one’s] child/children (Isan/Lao)

To love one’s own child or children. This is the Isan/Lao dialect equivalent of the standard Thai phrase รักลูก (rák lûuk).

Examples

พ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: father of; master ofกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseฮักลูกhák lôokฮักลูกhák lôok[to] love [one’s] child/children (Isan/Lao)เด้อdérเด้อdérsentence-ending particle (Isan/Lao)
Mom and Dad love you, child.

Word Breakdown

ฮักhákฮักhák1love; [to] love (Isan/Lao)2darling; dear (Isan/Lao, vocative)Part 1
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ลูกlôokลูกlôok1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4seed; kernel (round unit)5classifier: round/small items6customer; client (colloquial)Part 2
ฮักลูกhák lôokฮักลูกhák lôok[to] love [one’s] child/children (Isan/Lao)