"กินเมือง" meaning in Thai

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Verb

IPA: /kin˧.mɯa̯ŋ˧/ [standard] Forms: gin-mʉʉang [romanization]
Etymology: From กิน (gin, literally “to eat, to consume”) + เมือง (mʉʉang, “polity, as city, town, state, nation, etc”), probably a calque from Mon စဍုၚ် (“to govern a polity”, literally “to eat a polity”). Etymology templates: {{com|th|กิน|เมือง|lit1=to eat, to consume|t2=polity, as city, town, state, nation, etc}} กิน (gin, literally “to eat, to consume”) + เมือง (mʉʉang, “polity, as city, town, state, nation, etc”), {{calque|th|mnw|-|nocap=1}} calque from Mon Head templates: {{th-verb|-}} กินเมือง • (gin-mʉʉang)
  1. (idiomatic and historical) to rule or govern a polity. Tags: historical, idiomatic Categories (topical): Government Synonyms: กินบ้านกินเมือง, กินบ้านผ่านเมือง
    Sense id: en-กินเมือง-th-verb-5K46F0HD Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thai entries with incorrect language header, Thai terms with redundant script codes
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  "etymology_text": "From กิน (gin, literally “to eat, to consume”) + เมือง (mʉʉang, “polity, as city, town, state, nation, etc”), probably a calque from Mon စဍုၚ် (“to govern a polity”, literally “to eat a polity”).",
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        "(idiomatic and historical) to rule or govern a polity."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "กินบ้านกินเมือง"
        },
        {
          "word": "กินบ้านผ่านเมือง"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
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  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "to rule or govern a polity."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "กินบ้านกินเมือง"
    },
    {
      "word": "กินบ้านผ่านเมือง"
    }
  ],
  "word": "กินเมือง"
}

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