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มือ

mʉʉnoun

hand

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1n.

handwiktionary

2n.

handle; handlike partwiktionary

3n.

-er; one skilled at doing something (as a suffix)wiktionary

4n.

gambler; player (in a game of chance)wiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

Built from

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *mɯːᴬ⁴ (“hand”), from Proto-Tai *mwɯːᴬ (“hand”). In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Northern Thai ᨾᩨ, Lao ມື (mư̄), Lü ᦙᦹ (mue), Tai Dam ꪣꪳ, Tai Dón ꪝꪳ, Shan မိုဝ်း (múe), Aiton မ︀ိုဝ︀် (müw), Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (müw) In Central Tai, cognate with Tày mừ. In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang fwngz, Bouyei fengz, Saek มื๊อ. In other Tai, cognate with Zuojiang Zhuang mwz (see Zhuang mwz) Possibly cognate with Proto-Austronesian *(qa)lima (“hand”). Compare Sui myal (“hand”), Proto-Be *məːᴬ², Proto-Hlai *C-mɯː (“hand”) (whence mɯɰ¹~mɯɰ⁴ across the different lects).

Words built from it

มือ inside longer words
มือกลองdrummer (literally) drum handมือกีตาร์guitarist (literally) guitar handมือปืนgunman (killer armed with a gun) (literally) gun hand

A note on usage

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