ᦎᦴ

Lü

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuː˥/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *tuːᴬ (“door”). Cognate with Thai ตู (dtuu), Northern Thai ᨲᩪ (old) or ᨸᨲᩪ (modern), Southern Thai ตู, Lao ປະຕູ (pa tū), Shan တူ (tǔu), Bouyei dul, Zhuang dou or du.

Noun

ᦎᦴ • (ṫuu) (classifier ᦢᦱᧃ)

1. door

Derived terms

• ᦔᦎᦴ (ṗṫuu)
• ᦔᦱᧅᦎᦴ (ṗaakṫuu)

 

Etymology 2

Cognate with Thai ตู (dtuu), Northern Thai ᨲᩪ (tǔu), Lao ຕູ (tū), Shan တူ (tǔu).

Pronoun

ᦎᦴ • (ṫuu)

1. we (exclusive)
2. (in family situations or when spoken by a king) I

See also

• ᦣᧁ (haw, “we (inclusive)”)

References

• Hanna, William J. (2019) “Query for ᦎᦴ”, in Dai Lue - English Dictionary (in Chinese), SIL International