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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1n.

mother; mom; female parent; mother-in-law; person regarded as a female parentcurated

2n.

female parent of an animalwiktionary

3n.

used as a term of address or title for a female parent, mother-in-law, or person regarded as a female parent, and by such a person to refer to herselfwiktionary

4n.

female head, chief, or leader; woman in charge or authoritywiktionary

5n.

used as a term of address or title for a woman in authority, goddess, or royal woman, and by such a person to refer to herselfwiktionary

6n.

used as a familiar or affectionate term of address or title for a young or younger womanwiktionary

7n.

used as a term of address or title for any womanwiktionary

8n.

used as a modifier to indicate femininitywiktionary

9n.

used as a modifier to indicate charge, leadership, supremacy, superiority, or principalitywiktionary

10n.

body of water, such as a river or canalwiktionary

11n.

used as a title for a body of water, such as a river or canalwiktionary

12n.

celebrated woman, trans woman, or effeminate manwiktionary

13n.

used as a term of address or title for a celebrated woman, trans woman, or effeminate man, and by such a person to refer to oneselfwiktionary

Less common senses (1)
14n.

term for Thai syllable-final categories: กก for final [k], กง for [ŋ], กด for [t], กน for [n], กบ for [p], กม for [m], เกย for [j], เกอว for [w], and ก กา for an open syllablewiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

Built from

From Proto-Tai *meːᴮ (“mother”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨾᩯ᩵, Lao ແມ່ (mǣ), Lü ᦶᦙᧈ (mae¹), Shan မႄႈ (māae), Ahom 𑜉𑜦𑜧 (mē), Bouyei meeh, Zhuang meh.