กุนซือ

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Teochew 軍師 / 军师 (gung1 se1, military counsellor).[1]

Pronunciation

Orthographicกุนซือ
k u n z ụ̄ ɒ
Phonemic
กุน-ซือ
k u n – z ụ̄ ɒ
RomanizationPaiboongun-sʉʉ
Royal Institutekun-sue
(standard) IPA(key)/kun˧.sɯː˧/(R)

Noun

กุนซือ • (gun-sʉʉ)

  1. (colloquial) advisor; counsellor.
  2. (colloquial) football head coach.

References

  1. ^ Joanna Rose McFarland (2021) “Chapter 3: Language Contact and Lexical Changes in Khmer and Teochew in Cambodia and Beyond”, in Chia, Caroline, Hoogervorst, Tom, editors, Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 [Open Access])‎[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 103