กุลี

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กุลี k u l ī
Phonemic		กุ-ลี k u – l ī
Romanization	Paiboon	gù-lii
	Royal Institute	ku-li
(standard) IPA^(key)		/ku˨˩.liː˧/^(R)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English coolie, from Hindi क़ुली (qulī).[1] Compare Lao ກຸລີ (ku lī), Turkish köle, Bengali কুলী (kulī), Tamil கூலி (kūli), Chinese 苦力 (kǔlì).

Noun

กุลี • (gù-lii)

coolie.

Classifier

กุลี • (gù-lii)

package of 20 pieces of cloth.

References

http://www.rangsit.org/sculpture/kuli/menu12.php

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