มือ

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *mɯːᴬ⁴ (“hand”), from Proto-Tai *mwɯːᴬ (“hand”).^[1]

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Northern Thai ᨾᩨ, Lao ມື (mư̄), Lü ᦙᦹ (mue), Tai Dam ꪣꪳ, Tai Dón ꪝꪳ, Shan မိုဝ်း (múe), Aiton မိုဝ် (müw), Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (müw)

In Central Tai, cognate with Tày mừ.

In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang fwngz, Bouyei fengz, Saek มื๊อ.

In other Tai, cognate with Zuojiang Zhuang mwz (see Zhuang mwz)

Possibly cognate with Proto-Austronesian *(qa)lima (“hand”).^[2]

Compare Sui myal (“hand”), Proto-Be *məːᴬ², Proto-Hlai *C-mɯː (“hand”) (whence mɯɰ¹~mɯɰ⁴ across the different lects).

มือ • (mʉʉ)

1. (anatomy) (classifier ข้าง) hand.
2. handlike part of anything: hand, handle, etc.
3. (in combination) one who does something with the hand, especially as a profession.

   มือกลอง

   mʉʉ glɔɔng

   drummer
   (literally) drum hand

   มือกีตาร์

   mʉʉ gii-dtâa

   guitarist
   (literally) guitar hand

   มือปืน

   mʉʉ bpʉʉn

   gunman (killer armed with a gun)
   (literally) gun hand

   มือมีด

   mʉʉ mîit

   knifer (one who attacks another with a knife)
   (literally) knife hand

   มือทอ

   mʉʉ tɔɔ

   loom worker (one who weaves cloth with a loom)
   (literally) weaving hand

4. gambler; better.
5. (botany) (ส้ม~) fingered citron, the plant Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis of the family Rutaceae; the fruit of this plant.

• “มือ” 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.