พลู

See also: พล

Northern Thai

Noun

พลู • (pluu)

Alternative form of ᨻᩖᩪ

Thai

Etymology

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), Tai Nüa ᥙᥧᥳ (pu̇), Ahom 𑜆𑜥 (pū).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		พลู b l ū
Phonemic		พฺลู b ̥ l ū
Romanization	Paiboon	pluu
	Royal Institute	phlu
(standard) IPA^(key)		/pʰluː˧/^(R)

Noun

พลู • (pluu)

betel (Piper betle).

See also

หมาก (màak)

References

Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. #1860, p. 478

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