See also: เม.ย.

Thai edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Adjective edit

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 edit

เมีย (miia) (classifier คน)

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

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