ซออู้

Thai

Etymology

Compound of ซอ (sɔɔ, “fiddle”) +‎ อู้ (ûu, probably related to Chinese 胡 (hú, “foreign”)) (referring to 胡琴 (húqín, “huqin, fiddle of the Hu people”)).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ซออู้ z ɒ ɒ ū ˆ
Phonemic		ซอ-อู้ z ɒ – ɒ ū ˆ
Romanization	Paiboon	sɔɔ-ûu
	Royal Institute	so-u
(standard) IPA(key)		/sɔː˧.ʔuː˥˩/(R)

Noun

ซออู้ • (sɔɔ-ûu)

1. (music) saw u, a low-pitched Thai two-stringed vertical fiddle played with a bow. Its soundbox is made from a coconut shell covered by cowskin.