ງົວ

Lao

Etymology

Compare Old Chinese 牛 (OC *ŋʷɯ). Cognate with Thai วัว (wuua) or งัว (nguua), Northern Thai ᨦᩫ᩠ᩅ, Isan งัว, Lü ᦷᦣ (ho) or ᦷᦇ (ngo), Tai Dam ꪉꪺ, Shan ငူဝ်း (ngó) or ဝူဝ်း (wó), Ahom 𑜆𑜥 (pū) or 𑜑𑜥 (hū).

Pronunciation
  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [ŋuːə̯˧˥]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [ŋuːə̯˩˨]
  • Hyphenation: ງົວ
  • Rhymes: -uːə̯

Noun

ງົວ • (ngūa) (classifier ໂຕ)

  1. cow

Proper noun

ງົວ • (ngūa)

  1. (astrology, astronomy) (ລາສີ~) Taurus.

Derived terms
  • ງົວຜູ້ (ngūa phū)

See also
Zodiac signs in Lao · ລາສີ, ຣາສີ (lā sī, rā sī) (layout · text)
ເມກ (mēk) ງົວ (ngūa) ເມຖຸນ (mē thun)
ມິຖຸນາ (mi thu nā)		 ກົດ (kot)
ກໍລະກົດ (kǭ la kot)
ກໍຣະກົດ (kǭ ra kot)
ສິງ (sing) ກັນ (kan)
ກັນຍາ (kan nyā)		 ຕຸລາ (tu lā) ພະຈິກ (pha chik)
ທະນູ (tha nū) ມັງກອນ (mang kǭn)
ມະກະຣະ (ma ka ra)		 ກຸມ (kum)
ກຸມພາ (kum phā)		 ມິນ (min)
ມິນາ (mi nā)
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