แม่

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Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *meːᴮ (mother). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨾᩯ᩵, Lao ແມ່ (), ᦶᦙᧈ (mae¹), Shan မႄႈ (māae), Ahom 𑜉𑜦𑜧 (), Bouyei meeh, Zhuang meh.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicแม่
æ m ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonmɛ̂ɛ
Royal Institutemae
(standard) IPA(key)/mɛː˥˩/(R)
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Noun

แม่ (mɛ̂ɛ)

  1. mother:
    1. female parent, mother-in-law, or person regarded as a female parent.
    2. (chiefly in combination or as modifier) female parent of an animal.
      แม่แมว
      mɛ̂ɛ mɛɛo
      mother cat
      แม่ไก่
      mɛ̂ɛ gài
      mother hen
  2. female head, chief, or leader; woman in charge; woman in authority.
  3. (slang) celebrated woman, trans woman, or effeminate man.
  4. body of water, as river, canal, etc.
  5. used as a term of address or title
    1. used as a term of address to or title for a female parent, mother-in-law, or person regarded as a female parent, and used by such person to refer to oneself.
    2. used as a term of address to or title for a woman in authority, goddess, or royal woman, and used by such person to refer to oneself.
    3. (slang) used as a term of address to or title for a celebrated woman, trans woman, or effeminate man, and used by such person to refer to oneself.
    4. used as a familiar or affectionate term of address to or title for a young or younger woman.
    5. used as a term of address to or title for any woman.
    6. used as a title for a body of water, as river, canal, etc.
      แม่สาย
      mɛ̂ɛ sǎai
      Sai River
      แม่ปิง
      mɛ̂ɛ bping
      Ping River
      แม่โขง
      mɛ̂ɛ kǒong
      Khong River (Mekong River)
  6. used as a modifier
    1. used as a modifier to indicate femininity.
      แม่สื่อ
      mɛ̂ɛ sʉ̀ʉ
      female matchmaker
      แม่ครัว
      mɛ̂ɛ kruua
      female cook
    2. (irrespective of the sex) used as a modifier to indicate charge, leadership, supremacy, superiority, or principality.
      กฎหมายแม่
      gòt-mǎai mɛ̂ɛ
      primary legislation
      (literally) mother legislation
      บริษัทแม่
      bɔɔ-rí-sàt mɛ̂ɛ
      parent company
      (literally) mother company
      แม่ทัพ
      mɛ̂ɛ táp
      commander of an armed force
      (literally) mae of an armed force
      แม่กอง
      mɛ̂ɛ gɔɔng
      chairperson of a committee
      (literally) mae of a committee
      แม่กุญแจ
      mɛ̂ɛ gun-jɛɛ
      master key
      (literally) mother key
  7. (grammar) category assigned to a syllable based on its ending sound:
    1. the category กก (gòk) for a syllable ended by the sound , which is represented by the letter (gɔɔ), (kɔ̌ɔ), (kɔ̌ɔ), (kɔɔ), (kɔɔ), or (kɔɔ);
    2. the category กง (gong) for a syllable ended by the sound , which is represented by the letter (ngɔɔ);
    3. the category กด (gòt) for a syllable ended by the sound , which is represented by the letter (jɔɔ), (chɔ̌ɔ), (chɔɔ), (sɔɔ), (chɔɔ), (dɔɔ), (dtɔɔ), (tɔ̌ɔ), (tɔɔ), (tɔɔ), (dɔɔ), (dtɔɔ), (tɔ̌ɔ), (tɔɔ), (tɔɔ), (sɔ̌ɔ), (sɔ̌ɔ), or (sɔ̌ɔ);
    4. the category กน (gon) for a syllable ended by the sound , which is represented by the letter (yɔɔ), (nɔɔ), (nɔɔ), (rɔɔ), (lɔɔ), or (lɔɔ);
    5. the category กบ (gòp) for a syllable ended by the sound , which is represented by the letter (bɔɔ), (bpɔɔ), (pɔɔ), (fɔɔ), or (pɔɔ);
    6. the category กม (gom) for a syllable ended by the sound , which is represented by the letter (mɔɔ);
    7. the category เกย (gəəi) for a syllable ended by the sound , which is represented by the letter (yɔɔ);
    8. the category เกอว (gəəo) for a syllable ended by the sound , which is represented by the letter (wɔɔ);
    9. the category ก กา (gɔɔ gaa) for an open syllable.

Synonyms

mother: female parent, mother-in-law, person regarded as female parent
grammatical category

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