แม่ซื้อ

Thai

Etymology

From แม่ (mɛ̂ɛ, “mother; woman; woman in authority; used as a modifier to indicate femininity; etc”) +‎ ซื้อ (sʉ́ʉ), probably a corruption of เสื้อ (sʉ̂ʉa, “tutelar spirit”) or of เชื้อ (chʉ́ʉa, “descendant; offspring; etc”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		แม่ซื้อ æ m ˋ z ụ̄ ˆ ɒ
Phonemic		แม่-ซื้อ æ m ˋ – z ụ̄ ˆ ɒ
Romanization	Paiboon	mɛ̂ɛ-sʉ́ʉ
	Royal Institute	mae-sue
(standard) IPA^(key)		/mɛː˥˩.sɯː˦˥/^(R)

Noun

แม่ซื้อ • (mɛ̂ɛ-sʉ́ʉ)

fairy godmother.

Synonyms

แม่วี

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