See also: , ขี้, and ขู่

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kʰwiːᴮ (to ride), from Middle Chinese (MC gje, “to ride”).[1] Cognate with Lao ຂີ່ (khī), ᦃᦲᧈ (ẋii¹), Tai Dam ꪄꪲ꪿, Shan ၶီႇ (khìi), Ahom 𑜁𑜣 (khī), Zhuang gwih, Nong Zhuang kiq.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicขี่
kʰ ī ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonkìi
Royal Institutekhi
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰiː˨˩/(R)

Verb edit

ขี่ (kìi) (abstract noun การขี่)

  1. to ride, to drive
    ขี่ม้า
    kìi máa
    to ride a horse

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.