ปู่

See also: ปู, ปี, ปี่, and ป

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *pɯwᴮ (“paternal grandfather”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨸᩪ᩵, Lao ປູ່ (pū), Lü ᦔᦴᧈ (ṗuu¹), Tai Dam ꪜꪴ꪿, Shan ပူႇ (pùu), Tai Nüa ᥙᥧᥱ (pǔ), Ahom 𑜆𑜥 (pū), Bouyei baus, Zhuang baeuq, Nong Zhuang buq, Zuojiang Zhuang buq. Compare Proto-Hlai *pʰuːʔ (“grandfather; ancestor”), Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent; grandchild”) (whence Hiligaynon apo, Tagalog apo).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ปู่ p ū ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	bpùu
	Royal Institute	pu
(standard) IPA(key)		/puː˨˩/(R)

Noun

ปู่ • (bpùu) (classifier คน)

1. paternal grandfather.

Antonyms

• ย่า (yâa)

 

Derived terms

• ปู่ครู
• ปู่เจ้า
• ปู่ทวด (bpùu-tûuat)
• ปู่น้อย

 

See also

• ตา (dtaa)