Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *n.mɤːꟲ (meat, flesh). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨶᩮᩬᩨ᩶ᩋ, Lao ເນຶ້ອ (nưa), ᦵᦓᦲᧉ (noe²), Khün ᨶᩮᩨ᩶ᩬ, Shan ၼိူဝ်ႉ (nô̰e), Ahom 𑜃𑜢𑜤𑜰𑜫 (nü0), Bouyei noh, Zhuang noh, Nong Zhuang nowx or nwx, Saek หมร้อ.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicเนื้อ
e n ụ̄ ˆ ɒ
RomanizationPaiboonnʉ́ʉa
Royal Institutenuea
(standard) IPA(key)/nɯa̯˦˥/(R)
Audio

Noun

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เนื้อ (nʉ́ʉa)

  1. flesh.
  2. meat.
    ไม่กินเนื้อ  ―  mâi gin nʉ́ʉa  ―  (I) don't eat meat.
  3. (colloquial) beef.
  4. essence.
  5. subject matter.
  6. (figurative) capital; fund; money.
  7. (of certain substances, as gold, silver, etc.) quality.
  8. (music) lyrics.
  9. (zoology) deer.
  10. (colloquial) cannabis; marijuana.

Derived terms

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