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Urak Lawoi'
- ปือญู (Phuket Old People)
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *pəñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu (“sea turtle”); compare Malay penyu.
Pronunciation
Noun
เปอญู (penyu)
- (Sangka-u, Adang) sea turtle (any turtle that inhabits oceans)
Further reading
- Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109), Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 143