ᥙᥧᥳ
Tai Nüa edit
Etymology edit
From Austroasiatic. Compare Mon ဇဗၠူ (həpluˀ, “betel”) and Vietnamese trầu (“betel”) (< Proto-Vietic *b-luː).[1] Cognate with Lao ພູ (phū), Northern Thai ᨻᩖᩪ, Khün ᨻᩪ, Lü ᦗᦴ (puu), Tai Dam ꪝꪴ (ꞌpú), Tai Dón ꪝꪴ, Shan ပူႉ (pṵ̂u), Thai พลู (pluu), Ahom 𑜆𑜥 (pū).
Noun edit
ᥙᥧᥳ (pu̇) (1963 orthography ᥙᥧ̇)
- betel leaf
References edit
- ^ Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. #1860, p. 478