See also: พอ

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *boːᴮ (father).

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨻᩬᩴ᩵, Southern Thai ผอ, Lao ພໍ່ (phǭ), ᦗᦸᧈ (poa¹), Shan ပေႃႈ (pāu), Tai Nüa ᥙᥨᥝ (pow), Aiton ပေႃ (), Ahom 𑜆𑜦𑜡 () or 𑜆𑜨𑜦𑜡 (pwō), Zhuang boh, Bouyei boh, Saek ผ้อ.

Compare Middle Chinese (MC pjuX|bjuX, “father”), Old Chinese (OC *paʔ, *baʔ, “father”).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicพ่อ
b ˋ ɒ
RomanizationPaiboonpɔ̂ɔ
Royal Institutepho
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰɔː˥˩/(R)
Audio

Noun edit

พ่อ (pɔ̂ɔ)

  1. father:
    1. male parent, father-in-law, or person regarded as a male parent.
    2. (chiefly in combination or as modifier) male parent of an animal.
      พ่อแมว
      pɔ̂ɔ mɛɛo
      father cat
      พ่องู
      pɔ̂ɔ nguu
      father snake
  2. male head, lord, leader, or master; man in charge; man in authority.
  3. used as a term of address or title
    1. used as a term of address to or title for a male parent, father-in-law, or person regarded as a male parent, and used by such person to refer to oneself.
    2. (Christianity) (คุณ~) used as a respectful term of address to or title for a male priest.
    3. used as a familiar or affectionate term of address to or title for a young or younger man.
    4. used as a term of address to or title for any man.
  4. used as a modifier to indicate masculinity.
    พ่อครัว
    pɔ̂ɔ kruua
    male cook
    พ่อสื่อ
    pɔ̂ɔ sʉ̀ʉ
    male matchmaker

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