คู่หู

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From คู่ (kûu, “pair, couple; to match, to be equal (to); etc”) +‎ หู (hǔu, “ear”); literally "pair of ears", "matching (one's) ears", "equal to (one's) ears", etc; actual meaning unknown.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic		คู่หู g ū ˋ h ū
Phonemic		คู่-หู g ū ˋ – h ū
Romanization	Paiboon	kûu-hǔu
	Royal Institute	khu-hu
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kʰuː˥˩.huː˩˩˦/^(R)

Noun edit

คู่หู • (kûu-hǔu) (classifier คน)

(idiomatic, informal) chum; comrade; buddy; bosom buddy.