ᥙᥧᥳ
Tai Nüa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Austroasiatic. Compare Mon ဇဗၠူ (həpluˀ, “betel”) and Vietnamese trầu (“betel”) (< Proto-Vietic *b-luː).[1] Cognate with Lao ພູ (phū), Northern Thai ᨻᩖᩪ, Khün ᨻᩪ, Lü ᦗᦴ (puu), Tai Dam ꪝꪴ (ꞌpú), Tai Dón ꪝꪴ, Shan ပူႉ (pṵ̂u), Thai พลู (pluu), Ahom 𑜆𑜥 (pū).
Noun
[edit]ᥙᥧᥳ (pu̇) (1963 orthography ᥙᥧ̇)
- betel leaf
References
[edit]- ^ Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. #1860, p. 478