หน่อ

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʰnɔːᴮ¹, from Proto-Tai *ʰnoːᴮ. Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩬᩴ᩵, Khün ᩉ᩠ᨶᩳ᩵, Lao ໜໍ່ (), ᦐᦸᧈ (ṅoa¹), Tai Dam ꪘꪷ꪿, Tai Dón ꪘꪮꫀ, Shan ၼေႃႇ (nàu), Tai Nüa ᥘᥨᥝᥱ (lǒw) or ᥢᥨᥝᥱ (nǒw), Phake ꩫ︀ေ︀ႃ (), Ahom 𑜃𑜦𑜡 (), Zhuang noq.

Pronunciation

Orthographicหน่อ
h n ˋ ɒ
Phonemic
หฺน่อ
h ̥ n ˋ ɒ
RomanizationPaiboonnɔ̀ɔ
Royal Instituteno
(standard) IPA(key)/nɔː˨˩/(R)

Noun

หน่อ • (nɔ̀ɔ)

  1. shoot; sprout; bulb
  2. child; son

Derived terms

Further reading

  • หน่อ” 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.