กุ

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicกุ
ku
RomanizationPaiboon
Royal Instituteku
(standard) IPA(key)/kuʔ˨˩/

Etymology 1

Shortened from กุหลาบ (gù-làap, literally rose), the first name of Gù-làap Dtrìt-sà-nǎa-non (กุหลาบ ตฤษณานนท์; 2377 BE [1834/35 CE] — 2464 BE [1921/22 CE]), a man notorious for seeking benefits by stealing manuscripts from royal libraries and publishing distorted versions of them to avoid being caught.

Adjective

กุ () (abstract noun ความกุ)

  1. (colloquial) false; fictitious.
Synonyms
Synonyms

Verb

กุ () (abstract noun การกุ)

  1. (colloquial) to make up or fabricate (something fictitious or false).

Noun

กุ ()

  1. (botany) a short banana.
Synonyms
Synonyms
  • กล้วยสั้น

Verb

กุ () (abstract noun การกุ)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of กรุ (grù).
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