ຜູ້

See also: ຜ and ຜີ

Lao

Alternative forms
  • ຜູ່ (phū)

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *pʰuːꟲ (“person”), from Middle Chinese 甫 (MC pjuX). Cognate with Thai ผู้ (pûu), Lü ᦕᦴᧉ (ṗhuu²), Shan ၽူႈ (phūu), Ahom 𑜇𑜥 (phū), Zhuang boux.

Pronunciation
  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [pʰuː˧˩]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [pʰuː˥˥˨]
  • Hyphenation: ຜູ້
  • Rhymes: -uː

Noun

ຜູ້ • (phū)

  1. person
  2. (as a suffix) used with animals to indicate he-, male
    ແມວ, ແມວຜູ້
    cat, tomcat
  3. (as a prefix) used to form compound nouns indicating "type of person", "person who"

Derived terms

See also
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