See also: ผิว

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *pʰuəᴬ (husband), from Middle Chinese (MC pju). Cognate with Ahom 𑜇𑜥 (phū), Lao ຜົວ (phūa), ᦷᦕ (ṗho), Northern Thai ᨹ᩠ᩅᩫ, Khün ᨹ᩠ᩅᩫ, Shan ၽူဝ် (phǒ).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicผัว
pʰ ạ w
RomanizationPaiboonpǔua
Royal Institutephua
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰua̯˩˩˦/(R)

Noun edit

ผัว (pǔua)

  1. (informal) husband.