อู

sara uu · long vowel · vowel 8 of 19

อู

Long 'oo' as in 'food'

How it is written

The อ above is a placeholder for whichever consonant the vowel attaches to - it is not part of the vowel. This one sits on, under or after its consonant.

Vowel length changes the tone. A long vowel makes an open syllable live, and live or dead is one of the three things that decide a syllable's tone. See the rules, or let the tone checker do it.

Words that use it

ดู

duu

to look / watch

ปู

Crab

งู

nguu

snake

ลูก

luk

Child

ปู่

Paternal grandfather

สูง

sung

Tall

ถูก

thuuk

Cheap

พูด

phut

To speak / talk

อู้

Northern for 'to speak' (standard พูด)

ครู

khruu

teacher

ฑูต

thuut

diplomat / envoy

หนู

nǔu

mouse / rat / I (child)

เมนู

me nu

Pulled from the course vocabulary by matching the written form, so the odd near-miss can slip in.

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