ຜູ້
Lao
Alternative forms
- ຜູ່ (phū)
Etymology
Cognate with Thai ผู้ (pûu), Lü ᦕᦴᧉ (ṗhuu²), Shan ၽူႈ (phūu), Ahom 𑜇𑜥 (phū), Zhuang boux.
Pronunciation
Noun
ຜູ້ • (phū)
- person
- (as a suffix) used with animals to indicate he-, male
- (as a prefix) used to form compound nouns indicating "type of person", "person who"
Derived terms
- ຜູ້ລີ້ໄພ (phū lī phai)