ꩫူ

Khamti

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰnuːᴬ (“mouse; rat”). Cognate with Thai หนู (nǔu), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩪ, Lao ໜູ (nū), Lü ᦐᦴ (ṅuu), Tai Dam ꪘꪴ, Shan ၼူ (nǔu), Ahom 𑜃𑜥 (nū), Zhuang nou, Saek หนู่. Compare Sui hnoc (“mouse, rat”) and Southern Kam not (“mouse, rat”), Mon ကၞိ.

Noun

ꩫ︀ူ (transliteration needed)

1. mice; rat.