มือสอง

Thai

Etymology

มือ (mʉʉ, “hand”) +‎ สอง (sɔ̌ɔng, “two”), perhaps a calque of English secondhand.

Pronunciation

Orthographicมือสอง
m ụ̄ ɒ s ɒ ŋ
Phonemic
มือ-สอง
m ụ̄ ɒ – s ɒ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonmʉʉ-sɔ̌ɔng
Royal Institutemue-song
(standard) IPA(key)/mɯː˧.sɔːŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective

มือสอง • (mʉʉ-sɔ̌ɔng) (abstract noun ความมือสอง)

  1. reserved, second
  2. secondhand, used, old, not new, worn

Further reading

  • “มือสอง” 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.
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