คู่หู

Thai

Etymology

From คู่ (kûu, “pair, couple; to match, to be equal (to); etc”) +‎ หู (hǔu, “ear”); literally "pair of ears", "matching (one's) ears", "equal to (one's) ears", etc; actual meaning unknown.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		คู่หู g ū ˋ h ū
Phonemic		คู่-หู g ū ˋ – h ū
Romanization	Paiboon	kûu-hǔu
	Royal Institute	khu-hu
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰuː˥˩.huː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

คู่หู • (kûu-hǔu) (classifier คน)

1. (idiomatic, informal) chum; comrade; buddy; bosom buddy.