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หูก

Pronunciation

hùuk

หูก

hùuk

loom

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  1. 1 loom、handloom

It refers to a loom used to weave cloth or similar materials, especially a traditional handloom.

Learning notes

Explanation

หูก is a loom on which threads or other fibers are set up and woven into cloth, mats, or similar products. It often suggests a traditional wooden handloom rather than a modern industrial machine. It occurs in expressions such as ทอหูก, “to weave on a loom.” Its classifier as a piece of equipment is เครื่อง.

Usage

The word is mainly used when discussing traditional weaving, rural life, handwoven textiles, and local crafts.

Caution

For a modern industrial weaving machine, เครื่องทอผ้า may be clearer. หูก is an independent word and should not be analyzed as a regular derivative of หู, “ear.”

Differences from similar words

1 loom synonyms

  • กี่ is another common word for a loom and also appears as กี่ทอผ้า. หูก is more often encountered in descriptions of traditional crafts and rural life.

  • เครื่องทอผ้า is a transparent, broadly applicable term for a cloth-weaving machine, whether traditional or mechanical. หูก more often evokes a traditional handloom.

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