Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *riːᴬ⁴ (long; long and slender), from Proto-Tai *rɯjᴬ (long). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩁᩦ, Khün ᩁᩦ, Isan ฮี, Lao ຮີ (), Tai Dón ꪭꪲ, Shan ႁီး (híi), Phake ꩭီ (), Ahom 𑜍𑜣 (), Zhuang raez, Zuojiang Zhuang riz.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicรี
r ī
RomanizationPaiboonrii
Royal Instituteri
(standard) IPA(key)/riː˧/(R)

Adjective edit

รี (rii) (abstract noun ความรี)

  1. long and slender.
  2. oval.