พหูพจน์

Thai

Alternative forms

  • พหุพจน์, พหุวจนะrare

Etymology

From Sanskrit बहुवचन (bahuvacana, plural number), from बहु (bahu, many) + वचन (vacana, speech; number). Equivalent to พหู +‎ พจน์ (pót). Cognate with Khmer ពហុវចនៈ (pĕəʼhuʼ vaccaʼnaʼ), Lao ພະຫຸພົດ (pha hu phot).

Pronunciation

Orthographicพหูพจน์
b h ū b t͡ɕ n ʻ
Phonemic
พะ-หู-พด
b a – h ū – b ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonpá-hǔu-pót
Royal Institutepha-hu-phot
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰa˦˥.huː˩˩˦.pʰot̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

พหูพจน์ • (pá-hǔu-pót)

  1. (grammar) plural number.

Antonyms