พหูพจน์
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Etymology edit
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 edit
| Orthographic | พหูพจน์ b h ū b t͡ɕ n ʻ | |
| Phonemic | พะ-หู-พด b a – h ū – b ɗ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | pá-hǔu-pót |
| Royal Institute | pha-hu-phot | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /pʰa˦˥.huː˩˩˦.pʰot̚˦˥/(R) | |