ปู

• IPA^(key): /pu/

ปู (pu)

1. thick (extent).

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

ปู • (bpuu) (classifier ตัว)

1. crab
2. (เนื้อ~) crabmeat

Cognate with Lao ປູ (pū).

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)

• “ปู” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

• (La Up village) IPA^(key): /pu/

ปู (pu)

1. thick (extent).