ปู

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Eastern Lawa

Pronunciation

Adjective

ปู (pu)

  1. thick (extent).

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicปู
p ū
RomanizationPaiboonbpuu
Royal Institutepu
(standard) IPA(key)/puː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *puːᴬ¹ (crab), from Proto-Tai *pɯwᴬ (crab). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨸᩪ, Lao ປູ (), ᦔᦴ (ṗuu), Tai Dam ꪜꪴ, Shan ပူ (pǔu), Tai Nüa ᥙᥧ (pu), Ahom 𑜆𑜥 (), Zhuang baeu, Bouyei baul.

Noun

ปู (bpuu) (classifier ตัว)

  1. crab.
  2. (เนื้อ~) crabmeat.

Etymology 2

Cognate with Lao ປູ ().

Verb

ปู (bpuu) (abstract noun การปู)

  1. to lay out, stretch out, spread out, or expand (something flat or a sheet of something).
  2. to pave (a road, walk, etc, with something).
  3. (figurative) to lay out, provide, or demonstrate (the basis, background, foundation, etc, of something).
Derived terms

Western Lawa

Pronunciation

  • (La Up village) IPA(key): /pu/

Noun

ปู (pu)

  1. thick (extent).