คู่

See also: ฅ, ศ, and ค

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɡuːᴮ (“pair”). Cognate with Lao ຄູ່ (khū), Lü ᦅᦴᧈ (kuu¹), Shan ၵူႈ (kūu). Compare Old Chinese 偶 (OC *ŋoːʔ, *ŋoːs, “pair”), Middle Chinese 偶 (MC ŋəuX, ŋəuH, “pair”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		คู่ g ū ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	kûu
	Royal Institute	khu
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰuː˥˩/(R)

Noun

คู่ • (kûu)

1. pair.
2. even number.
3. couple; partner.

Classifier

คู่ • (kûu)

1. Classifier for pairs of items (people, things). ⇒ all nouns using this classifier