รู

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ruːᴬ (“hole”).[1]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩁᩪ, Lao ຮູ (hū), Lü ᦣᦴ (huu), Tai Dam ꪭꪴ, Tai Dón ꪭꪴ, Tai Daeng ꪭꪴ, Shan ႁူး (húu), Phake ꩭူ (hū), Ahom 𑜍𑜥 (rū), Zhuang suz (dialectal), Nong Zhuang ruz or luz.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicรู
r ū
RomanizationPaiboonruu
Royal Instituteru
(standard) IPA(key)/ruː˧/(R)
Audio

Noun

รู • (ruu)

  1. hole
  2. perforation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 334

Further reading

  • “รู” 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.
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