เมีย

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Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *miəᴬ (wife). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨾ᩠ᨿᩮ, Khün ᨾᩮ, Isan เมีย, Lao ເມຍ (mīa), ᦵᦙ (me), Tai Dam ꪣꪸ, Tai Dón ꪝꪸ, Shan မေး (mée), Ahom 𑜉𑜣 (), Zuojiang Zhuang meh, Zhuang meh/maex.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเมีย
e m ī y
RomanizationPaiboonmiia
Royal Institutemia
(standard) IPA(key)/mia̯˧/(R)

Adjective

เมีย (miia)

  1. (chiefly used of animals, can be offensive if applied to humans) female.
  2. (slang) subordinate; inferior.
    ปลั๊กตัวเมีย
    bplák dtuua miia
    receptacle
    (literally) female plug

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Noun

เมีย (miia) (classifier คน)

  1. (informal, sometimes vulgar) wife: married woman.

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