ปู่

See also: ปู, ปี, ปี่, and ป

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *pɯwᴮ (“paternal grandfather”). Cognate with Lao ປູ່ (pū), Lü ᦔᦴᧈ (ṗuu¹), Shan ပူႇ (pùu), Ahom 𑜆𑜥 (pū), Bouyei baus, Nong 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
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