ปลูก

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *pluːkᴰ¹ᴸ (“to plant”), from Proto-Tai *plwɯːkᴰ (“to plant”).[1]

Cognate with Lao ປູກ (pūk), Lü ᦔᦳᧅᧈ (ṗuk¹) or ᦔᦴᧅ (ṗuuk), Tai Dam ꪜꪴꪀ, Shan ၽုၵ်ႇ (phùk), Aiton ပုက် (puk), Ahom 𑜆𑜤𑜀𑜫 (puk), Saek ปร̄อก, Zhuang byok (dialectal).

Pronunciation

Orthographicปลูก
p l ū k
Phonemic
ปฺลูก
p ̥ l ū k
RomanizationPaiboonbplùuk
Royal Institutepluk
(standard) IPA(key)/pluːk̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

ปลูก • (bplùuk) (abstract noun การปลูก)

  1. to promote the growth (of): to culture, to cultivate, to plant, to grow, etc.
    พืช
    bplùuk pʉ̂ʉt
    to plant a plant
    ป่า
    bplùuk bpàa
    to grow a forest
    ไมตรี
    bplùuk mai-dtrii
    to cultivate friendship
  2. to raise; to erect; to build.
    บ้าน
    bplùuk bâan
    to raise a house
  3. (medicine) to implant.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 347
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