ถือ

Compare Middle Chinese 戴 (MC tojH, “to carry on the head”). Cognate with Isan ถือ, Lao ຖື (thư̄), Northern Thai ᨳᩨ, Khün ᨳᩨ, Lü ᦏᦹ (ṫhue), Nong Zhuang tw. Compare Tai Dam ꪕꪳ, Tai Dón ꪕꪳ.

ถือ • (tʉ̌ʉ) (abstract noun การถือ)

1. to hold, carry, or bear, with or as if with a hand.
2. to wield; to handle.
3. (of a status, position, title, etc) to hold; to have; to occupy.
4. to have (in charge); to be in charge of.
   • 1681, “พระราชพงษาวดาร ฉบับหลวงประเสริฐ”, in ประชุมพงษาวดาร ภาคที่ ๑, กรุงเทพฯ: โรงพิมพ์ไทย, published 1914, page ๑๒๘:

     พญาองค์สวรรคโลกเปนนายกองถือพล ๓๐๐๐๐...พระมหาเทพถือวัวเกียน

     pá-yaa ong sà-wǎn-ká-lôok bpen naai-gɔɔng tʉ̌ʉ pon · sǎam-mʉ̀ʉn ... prá má-hǎa-têep tʉ̌ʉ wuua giian

     Phaya Ong [of] Sawankhalok was the captain, commanding a host 30,000 [strong] ... Phra Mahathep commanded ox-wagons.

5. to take; to assume; to accept.
6. (archaic) to take (a loan); to rent; to lease.
7. to uphold; to support; to observe; to follow; to adhere (to).
8. (of a religion, cult, belief, etc) to profess.
9. to consider; to view; to deem.
10. to consider offensive or inappropriate; to view as a taboo.

• “ถือ” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.