ดือ

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ดือ ɗ ụ̄ ɒ
Romanization	Paiboon	dʉʉ
	Royal Institute	due
(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).