แม่เลี้ยง

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Thai

Etymology

From แม่ (mɛ̂ɛ, “woman; mother”) +‎ เลี้ยง (líiang, “foster; to foster, to nurture, to breed; to maintain; to host; to feast; etc”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicแม่เลี้ยง
æ m ˋ e l ī ˆ y ŋ
Phonemic
แม่-เลี้ยง
æ m ˋ – e l ī ˆ y ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonmɛ̂ɛ-líiang
Royal Institutemae-liang
(standard) IPA(key)/mɛː˥˩.lia̯ŋ˦˥/(R)

Noun

แม่เลี้ยง • (mɛ̂ɛ-líiang) (classifier คน)

  1. (colloquial) foster mother; stepmother.
  2. (dialect) wealthy woman; woman in charge, woman in authority, mistress, bosslady; woman of rank, woman of distinction; influential woman.

Synonyms

foster mother; stepmother
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