ᥙᥧᥳ
Tai Nüa
Etymology
From Austroasiatic. Compare Mon ဇဗၠူ (həpluˀ, “betel”) and Vietnamese trầu (“betel”) (< Proto-Vietic *b-luː).[1] Cognate with Lao ພູ (phū), Northern Thai ᨻᩖᩪ, Khün ᨻᩪ, Lü ᦗᦴ (puu), Tai Dam ꪝꪴ (ꞌpú), Tai Dón ꪝꪴ, Shan ပူႉ (pṵ̂u), Thai พลู (pluu), Ahom 𑜆𑜥 (pū).
Noun
ᥙᥧᥳ (pu̇) (old orthography ᥙᥧ̇)
- betel leaf
References
- Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. #1860, p. 478