ถู

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Thai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *tʰuːᴬ¹ (to rub; to polish).[1]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨳᩪ, Khün ᨳᩪ, Isan ถู, Lao ຖູ (thū), ᦏᦴ (ṫhuu), Shan ထူ (thǔu), Tai Nüa ᥗᥧᥴ (thú), Phake ထ︀ူ (thū), Ahom 𑜌𑜥 (thū).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicถู
tʰ ū
RomanizationPaiboontǔu
Royal Institutethu
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰuː˩˩˦/(R)

Verb

ถู • (tǔu) (abstract noun การถู)

  1. to mop
  2. to rub

Derived terms

  • ขัดถู
  • ถูลู่ถูกัง
  • ผ้าถูตัว
  • สบู่ถูตัว

References

  1. ^ Jonsson, Nanna L. (1991) Proto Southwestern Tai (Doctoral dissertation), Department of Linguistics, State University of New York at Albany

Further reading

  • ถู” 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.