ᨸᨲᩪ

Northern Thai

Etymology

Possibly from the elision of ᨸᩣ᩠ᨠ +‎ ᨲᩪ, the latter is from Proto-Tai *tuːᴬ (door). Cognate with Thai ประตู (bprà-dtuu), Southern Thai ตู, Lao ປະຕູ (pa tū), Shan တူ (tǔu), Bouyei dul, Zhuang dou or du.

Pronunciation

Orthographicᨸᨲᩪ
Phonemicปะ-ตู๋
p a – t ū ˇ
RomanizationPaiboonbpǎ-dtǔu
Royal Institutepa-tu
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)/pa˦˦˥.tuː˩˩˦/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)/pa˦˦˥.tuː˩˩˧/

Noun

ᨸᨲᩪ • (patuu) (classifier ᨷᩣ᩠ᨶ)

  1. door; gate.