Alternative forms
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Etymology
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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
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- (Vientiane) IPA(key): [muː˩(˧)]
- (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [muː˥˧˧]
- Hyphenation: ໝູ
- Rhymes: -uː
ໝູ • (mū) (classifier ໂຕ)
- pig
Derived terms
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- 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”)