พลู

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Northern Thai

Etymology

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Noun

พลู (pluu)

  1. Alternative form of ᨻᩖᩪ

Thai

Etymology

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, ᦗᦴ (puu), Tai Dam ꪝꪴ (ꞌpú), Tai Dón ꪝꪴ, Shan ပူႉ (pṵ̂u), Tai Nüa ᥙᥧᥳ (pu̇), Ahom 𑜆𑜥 ().

Pronunciation

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

Noun

พลู (pluu)

  1. betel (Piper betle).

See also

References

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