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พลู

See also: พล

Northern Thai

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Compare Khmer ម្លូ (mluu).”

Noun

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พลู • (pluu)

  1. Alternative form of ᨻᩖᩪ

Thai

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Etymology

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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), Tai Nüa ᥙᥧᥳ (pu̇), Ahom 𑜆𑜥 (pū).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicพลู
b l ū
Phonemic
พฺลู
b ̥ l ū
RomanizationPaiboonpluu
Royal Institutephlu
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰluː˧/(R)

Noun

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พลู • (pluu)

  1. betel (Piper betle).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. #1860, p. 478
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