เชื้อ

Cognate with Lao ເຊື້ອ (sư̄a), Northern Thai ᨩᩮᩬᩥ᩶ᩋ, Lü ᦵᦋᦲᧉ (tsoe²), Shan ၸိူဝ်ႉ (tsô̰e). See also เสื้อ (sʉ̂ʉa, “tutelar spirit”), which may be related.

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เชื้อ • (chʉ́ʉa)

1. family line.

Cognate with Lao ເຊື້ອ (sư̄a), Northern Thai ᨩᩮᩬᩥ᩶ᩋ, Lü ᦵᦋᦲᧉ (tsoe²), Shan ၸိူဝ်ႉ (tsô̰e). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantic extension of the "family line" sense of Etymology 1?”)

เชื้อ • (chʉ́ʉa)

1. germ; bacteria.
2. yeast; enzyme.

• ไวรัส (wai-rát)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantic extension of the "family line" sense of Etymology 1, i.e. "to invite (into the family)"?”)

เชื้อ • (chʉ́ʉa) (abstract noun การเชื้อ)

1. to invite.

• “เชื้อ” 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.