ดือ

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicดือ
ɗ ụ̄ ɒ
RomanizationPaiboondʉʉ
Royal Institutedue
(standard) IPA(key)/dɯː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɗwɯːᴬ (navel). Cognate with Shan လီ (lǐi) (as in သၢႆလီ (sǎai lǐi)), Tai Nüa ᥘᥤ (li) (as in ᥔᥣᥭᥴᥘᥤ (sáayli)), Zhuang ndw. Compare Proto-Hlai *Cuɾɯː (navel), Proto-Austronesian *puja ~ *pujek (navel, umbilical cord) (whence Paiwan pudek).

Noun

ดือ • (dʉʉ)

  1. (archaic, poetic) navel.
Usage notes

Usually used with สาย (sǎai) become สายดือ (sǎai-dʉʉ). And in modern days, it contracted into สะดือ (sà-dʉʉ).

Etymology 2

Corrupted from ดี (dii).

Adjective

ดือ • (dʉʉ)

  1. (colloquial, slang, humorous) misspelling of ดี (dii)