ถือ

Thai

Etymology

Compare Middle Chinese 戴 (MC tojH, “to carry on the head”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨳᩨ, Lao ຖື (thư̄), Lü ᦏᦹ (ṫhue), Khün ᨳᩨ, Nong Zhuang tw.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ถือ tʰ ụ̄ ɒ
Romanization	Paiboon	tʉ̌ʉ
	Royal Institute	thue
(standard) IPA^(key)		/tʰɯː˩˩˦/^(R)

Verb

ถือ • (tʉ̌ʉ) (abstract noun การถือ)

to hold, carry, or bear, with or as if with a hand.
to wield; to handle.
(of a status, position, title, etc) to hold; to have; to occupy.
to have (in charge); to be in charge of.
- 1681, “พระราชพงษาวดาร ฉบับหลวงประเสริฐ”, in ประชุมพงษาวดาร ภาคที่ ๑, กรุงเทพฯ: โรงพิมพ์ไทย, published 1914, page ๑๒๘:
  
  พญา องค์สวรรคโลก เปน นายกองถือพล ๓๐๐๐๐...พระ มหาเทพถือวัว เกียน
  pá-yaa ong sà-wǎn-ká-lôok bpen naai-gɔɔng tʉ̌ʉ pon · sǎam-mʉ̀ʉn ... prá má-hǎa-têep tʉ̌ʉ wuua giian
  Phaya Ong [of] Sawankhalok was the captain, commanding a host 30,000 [strong] ... Phra Mahathep commanded ox-wagons.
to take; to assume; to accept.
(archaic) to take (a loan); to rent; to lease.
to uphold; to support; to observe; to follow; to adhere (to).
(of a religion, cult, belief, etc) to profess.
to consider; to view; to deem.
to consider offensive or inappropriate; to view as a taboo.

Derived terms

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