คู่

See also: ฅ, ศ, and ค

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɡuːᴮ (“pair”). Cognate with Lao ຄູ່ (khū), Lü ᦅᦴᧈ (kuu¹), Shan ၵူႈ (kūu). Compare Old Chinese 偶 (OC *ŋoːʔ, *ŋoːs, “pair”) Middle Chinese 偶 (MC ŋəu^X, ŋəu^H, “pair”)

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		คู่ g ū ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	kûu
	Royal Institute	khu
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kʰuː˥˩/

Noun

คู่ • (kûu)

pair.
even number.
couple; partner.

Classifier

คู่ • (kûu)

Classifier for pairs of items (people, things). ⇒ all nouns using this classifier