ผู้ใหญ่

Thai

FWOTD – 20 February 2022

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ผู้ใหญ่ pʰ ū ˆ au h ɲ ˋ
Phonemic		พู่-ไหฺย่ b ū ˋ – ai h ̥ y ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	pûu-yài
	Royal Institute	phu-yai
(standard) IPA^(key)		/pʰuː˥˩.jaj˨˩/^(R)

Etymology 1

From ผู้ (pûu, “person”) +‎ ใหญ่ (yài, “great; big”). Compare Chinese 大人 (dàrén).

Noun

ผู้ใหญ่ • (pûu-yài) (classifier คน)

elder.
person over 18 years of age.
(biology) adult person; mature person.
(colloquial) person of high rank, authority, or dignity; superior; commander.

Adjective

ผู้ใหญ่ • (pûu-yài)

adult; mature.
high, senior, or superior (in rank, authority, or dignity); high-ranking.
ขุนนางผู้ใหญ่
kǔn-naang pûu-yài
senior official; high-ranking official

ตำรวจ ชั้นผู้ใหญ่
dtam-rùuat chán pûu-yài
police officer of senior rank; police officer of superior rank

Antonyms

ผู้น้อย
ผู้เยาว์ (pûu-yao)

Etymology 2

From clipping of ผู้ใหญ่บ้าน (pûu-yài-bâan), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

ผู้ใหญ่ • (pûu-yài) (classifier คน)

(colloquial) village chief; also used as a title for or term of address to a village chief.
- 2014, วสิษฐ เดชกุญชร, ชีวิตตำรวจ, Bangkok: มติชน, →ISBN, page 95:
  
  ผู้ใหญ่ลีและ ลูกบ้าน เป็น ชาว อีสาน
  pûu-yài lii lɛ́ lûuk-bâan bpen chaao ii-sǎan
  Phuyai Li and [his] fellow villagers were people of Isan.

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