ประตู
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Thai
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Etymology
Possibly from the elision of ปาก (bpàak) + ตู (dtuu), the latter is from Proto-Tai *tuːᴬ (“door”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩪ (old) or ᨸᨲᩪ (modern), Southern Thai ตู, Lao ປະຕູ (pa tū), Shan တူ (tǔu), Bouyei dul, Zhuang dou or du.
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ประตู p r a t ū | |
| Phonemic | ปฺระ-ตู p ̥ r a – t ū | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | bprà-dtuu |
| Royal Institute | pra-tu | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /pra˨˩.tuː˧/(R) | |
Noun
ประตู • (bprà-dtuu) (classifier บาน)
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Classifier
ประตู • (bprà-dtuu)