ຜູ້

See also: ຜ and ຜີ

Lao

Alternative forms
  • ຜູ່ (phū)

Etymology

Cognate with Thai ผู้ (pûu), Lü ᦕᦴᧉ (ṗhuu2), Shan ၽူႈ (phūu), Ahom 𑜇𑜥 (phuu), Zhuang boux.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʰuː˨˩/

Noun

ຜູ້ • (phū)

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

Derived terms

See also
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