ຜູ້

See also: ຜ and ຜີ

Lao

Alternative forms

• ຜູ່ (phū)

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *pʰuːꟲ (“person”), from Middle Chinese 甫 (MC pjuX). Cognate with Thai ผู้ (pûu), Lü ᦕᦴᧉ (ṗhuu²), Shan ၽူႈ (phūu), Ahom 𑜇𑜥 (phū), Zhuang boux.

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [pʰuː˧˩]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [pʰuː˥˥˨]
• Hyphenation: ຜູ້
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

ຜູ້ • (phū)

1. person
2. (as a suffix) used with animals to indicate he-, male

   ແມວ, ແມວຜູ້

   cat, tomcat

3. (as a prefix) used to form compound nouns indicating "type of person", "person who"

Derived terms

• ຜູ້ລີ້ໄພ (phū lī phai)

See also

• ມະນຸດ (ma nut)
• ຄົນ (khon)