Thai

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Etymology

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Compare Middle Chinese (MC pjuX) (whence ผู้ (pûu)) or (MC pju) (whence ผัว (pǔua)).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicปั่ว
p ạ ˋ w
RomanizationPaiboonbpùua
Royal Institutepua
(standard) IPA(key)/pua̯˨˩/(R)

Noun

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ปั่ว (bpùua)

  1. (archaic) citizen.
  2. (archaic) man.