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Etymology
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *pʰuːꟲ (“person”), from Middle Chinese 甫 (MC pjuX).[1] Cognate with Thai ผู้ (pûu), Lao ຜູ້ (phū), Lü ᦕᦴᧉ (ṗhuu²), Tai Dam ꪠꪴ꫁, Tai Nüa ᥚᥧᥲ (phù), Ahom 𑜇𑜥 (phū), Zhuang boux.
Pronunciation
Noun
ၽူႈ • (phūu)
- man; person; individual
Derived terms
Adjective
ၽူႈ • (phūu) (abstract noun တၢင်းၽူႈ)
- male
Derived terms
References
- ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.
- Moeng, Sao Tern (1995) Shan-English Dictionary, Dunwoody Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.