เถ้าแก่เนี้ย

เถ้าแก่เนี้ย

Thai

Etymology

From Hokkien 頭家娘 (thâu-ke-niâ) or Teochew 頭家娘 (tao5 gê1 niê5).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เถ้าแก่เนี้ย e tʰ ˆ ā æ k ˋ e n ī ˆ y
Phonemic		เท่า-แก่-เนี้ย e d ˋ ā – æ k ˋ – e n ī ˆ y
Romanization	Paiboon	tâo-gɛ̀ɛ-níia
	Royal Institute	thao-kae-nia
(standard) IPA(key)		/tʰaw˥˩.kɛː˨˩.nia̯˦˥/

Noun

เถ้าแก่เนี้ย • (tâo-gɛ̀ɛ-níia) (classifier คน)

1. (used amongst Chinese people) landlady, proprietress; female owner of a business; bosslady, mistress; wealthy woman; also used as a title for or term of address to such person, and used by such person as a self-reference.

Related terms

• (masculine): เถ้าแก่ (tâo-gɛ̀ɛ)