ฟู

Isan

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *wuːᴬ (“to float”), from Middle Chinese 浮 (MC bjuw, “to float”). Cognate with Thai ฟู (fuu), Northern Thai ᨼᩪ, Khün ᨼᩪ, Lao ຟູ (fū), Lü ᦝᦴ (fuu), Shan ၽူး (phúu) or ၾူး (fúu), Ahom 𑜇𑜥 (phū), Zhuang fouz, Bouyei fux.

Verb

ฟู (transliteration needed) (abstract noun การฟู)

  1. to float (on the water).

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *wuːᴬ (“to float”), from Middle Chinese 浮 (MC bjuw, “to float”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨼᩪ, Khün ᨼᩪ, Isan ฟู, Lao ຟູ (fū), Lü ᦝᦴ (fuu), Tai Dam ꪡꪴ, Tai Dón ꪡꪴ, Shan ၽူး (phúu) or ၾူး (fúu), Ahom 𑜇𑜥 (phū), Zhuang fouz, Bouyei fux.

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicฟู
f ū
RomanizationPaiboonfuu
Royal Institutefu
(standard) IPA(key)/fuː˧/(R)

Verb

ฟู • (fuu) (abstract noun การฟู)

  1. to rise; to swell.
  2. (archaic) to float (on the water).

Derived terms
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