แม่ซื้อ

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Thai

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Etymology

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From แม่ (mɛ̂ɛ, mother; woman; woman in authority; used as a modifier to indicate femininity; etc) +‎ ซื้อ (sʉ́ʉ), probably a corruption of เสื้อ (sʉ̂ʉa, tutelar spirit) or of เชื้อ (chʉ́ʉa, descendant; offspring; etc).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicแม่ซื้อ
æ m ˋ z ụ̄ ˆ ɒ
Phonemic
แม่-ซื้อ
æ m ˋ – z ụ̄ ˆ ɒ
RomanizationPaiboonmɛ̂ɛ-sʉ́ʉ
Royal Institutemae-sue
(standard) IPA(key)/mɛː˥˩.sɯː˦˥/(R)

Noun

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แม่ซื้อ (mɛ̂ɛ-sʉ́ʉ)

  1. fairy godmother.

Synonyms

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