เชื่อ

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɟɯəᴮ (“to believe”). Compare Middle Chinese 貰 (MC ʑia^H, “to borrow; to loan”) and 賒 (MC ɕia, “to buy and sell on credit”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨩᩮᩥ᩵ᩬᩋ, Isan เซื่อ, Lao ເຊື່ອ (sư̄a), Lü ᦵᦋᦲᧈ (tsoe¹), Tai Dam ꪹꪋ꪿, Shan ၸိူဝ်ႈ (tsōe), Ahom 𑜋𑜥 (chuu).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		เชื่อ e d͡ʑ ụ̄ ˋ ɒ
Romanization	Paiboon	chʉ̂ʉa
	Royal Institute	chuea
(standard) IPA^(key)		/t͡ɕʰɯa̯˥˩/

Verb

เชื่อ • (chʉ̂ʉa) (abstract noun การเชื่อ or ความเชื่อ)

to believe
to rely on
to trust
to buy on credit

Derived terms

เชื่อใจ (chʉ̂ʉa-jai)

Descendants

→ Khmer: ជឿ (cɨə)

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