ปู่

See also: ปู, ปี, ปี่, and

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *pɯwᴮ (paternal grandfather).[1]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨸᩪ᩵, Lao ປູ່ (), ᦔᦴᧈ (ṗuu¹), Tai Dam ꪜꪴ꪿, Shan ပူႇ (pùu), Tai Nüa ᥙᥧᥱ (), Ahom 𑜆𑜥 (), Bouyei baus, Zhuang baeuq (dialectal), Nong Zhuang buq, Zuojiang Zhuang buq.

Compare Proto-Hlai *pʰuːʔ (grandfather; ancestor), Proto-Austronesian *apu (grandparent; grandchild) (whence Hiligaynon apo, Tagalog apo).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicปู่
p ū ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonbpùu
Royal Institutepu
(standard) IPA(key)/puː˨˩/(R)

Noun

ปู่ • (bpùu) (classifier คน)

  1. paternal grandfather.

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • ปู่ครู
  • ปู่เจ้า
  • ปู่ทวด (bpùu-tûuat)
  • ปู่น้อย

See also

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 336