แม่อยู่หัว
Thai
Etymology
From แม่ (mɛ̂ɛ, “lady; mother; mistress; woman; etc”) + อยู่ (yùu, “to be at, in, on, etc; to remain, to stay; etc”) + หัว (hǔua, “head”); literally "lady above [all/our] heads", "lady at [our] heads", etc.
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | แม่อยู่หัว æ m ˋ ɒ y ū ˋ h ạ w | |
| Phonemic | แม่-หฺยู่-หัว æ m ˋ – h ̥ y ū ˋ – h ạ w | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | mɛ̂ɛ-yùu-hǔua |
| Royal Institute | mae-yu-hua | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /mɛː˥˩.juː˨˩.hua̯˩˩˦/(R) | |
Noun
แม่อยู่หัว • (mɛ̂ɛ-yùu-hǔua)
- (historical) an honorific given to a female monarch, queen consort, or the like.