แม่เลี้ยง
Thai
Etymology
From แม่ (mɛ̂ɛ, “woman; mother”) + เลี้ยง (líiang, “foster; to foster, to nurture, to breed; to maintain; to host; to feast; etc”).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | แม่เลี้ยง æ m ˋ e l ī ˆ y ŋ | |
| Phonemic | แม่-เลี้ยง æ m ˋ – e l ī ˆ y ŋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | mɛ̂ɛ-líiang |
| Royal Institute | mae-liang | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /mɛː˥˩.lia̯ŋ˦˥/(R) | |
Noun
แม่เลี้ยง • (mɛ̂ɛ-líiang) (classifier คน)
- (colloquial) foster mother; stepmother.
- (dialect) wealthy woman; woman in charge, woman in authority, mistress, bosslady; woman of rank, woman of distinction; influential woman.