ໝູ

See also: ໝູ່, ໝີ່, ໝີ, and ໝໍ້

Lao

Alternative forms

• ຫມູ (mū) — dated

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰmuːᴬ (“pig”).

Cognate with Thai หมู (mǔu), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩪ, Lü ᦖᦴ (ṁuu), Tai Dam ꪢꪴ, Tai Dón ꪢꪴ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥧᥴ (mú), Shan မူ (mǔu), Ahom 𑜉𑜥 (mū), Bouyei mul, Zhuang mou, Nong Zhuang mu, Saek หมู่.

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [muː˩(˧)]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [muː˥˧˧]
• Hyphenation: ໝູ
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

ໝູ • (mū) (classifier ໂຕ)

1. pig

Derived terms

• ສົ້ມໝູ (som mū)
• ໝູປ່າ (mū pā)
• ເສືອກິນໝູ (sư̄a kin mū, “a game resembling chess, played on a board of 16 squares, with twelve pigs and four tigers”)