มือ

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Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *mɯːᴬ⁴ (hand), from Proto-Tai *mwɯːᴬ (hand). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨾᩨ, Lao ມື (mư̄), ᦙᦹ (mue), Tai Dam ꪣꪳ, Tai Dón ꪝꪳ, Shan မိုဝ်း (múe), Aiton မိုဝ် (müw), Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (müw), Zhuang mwz, Saek มื๊อ, Tày mừ. Compare Sui myal (hand), Proto-Be *məːᴬ², Proto-Hlai *C-mɯː (hand) (whence mɯɰ¹~mɯɰ⁴ across the different lects), Proto-Austronesian *qalima (hand).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic/Phonemicมือ
m ụ̄ ɒ
RomanizationPaiboonmʉʉ
Royal Institutemue
(standard) IPA(key)/mɯː˧/(R)
fingered citron

Noun[edit]

มือ (mʉʉ)

  1. (anatomy) (classifier ข้าง) hand.
  2. handlike part of anything: hand, handle, etc.
  3. (in combination) one who does something with the hand, especially as a profession.
    มือกลอง
    mʉʉ glɔɔng
    drummer
    (literally) drum hand
    มือกีตาร์
    mʉʉ gii-dtâa
    guitarist
    (literally) guitar hand
    มือปืน
    mʉʉ bpʉʉn
    gunman (killer armed with a gun)
    (literally) gun hand
    มือมีด
    mʉʉ mîit
    knifer (one who attacks another with a knife)
    (literally) knife hand
    มือทอ
    mʉʉ tɔɔ
    loom worker (one who weaves cloth with a loom)
    (literally) weaving hand
  4. gambler; better.
  5. (botany) (ส้ม~) fingered citron, the plant Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis of the family Rutaceae; the fruit of this plant.

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