ฟู
Thai
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *wuːᴬ (“to float”), from Middle Chinese 浮 (MC bjuw, “to float”). Cognate with Lao ຟູ (fū), Lü ᦝᦴ (fuu), Shan ၽူး (phúu) or ၾူး (fúu), Ahom 𑜇𑜥 (phū), Zhuang fouz.
Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemic | ฟู f ū | |
Romanization | Paiboon | fuu |
Royal Institute | fu | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /fuː˧/(R) |