ທີ່

See also: ທ

Lao

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *diːᴮ. Cognate with Thai ที่ (tîi), Lü ᦑᦲᧈ (tii¹), Shan တီႈ (tīi), Ahom 𑜄𑜣 (tī). Outside Tai-Kadai: compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *tiʔ ~ tiiʔ ~ tiəʔ (“that yonder”), Mon တေံ (teʔ, “that”), Khmer ទី (tii), Vietnamese thì (“then, which, to be”).

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [tʰiː˧]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [tʰiː˧˨]
• Hyphenation: ທີ່
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ທີ່ • (thī)

1. place, site, region, area

Derived terms

• ທີ່ດິນ (thī din)
• ເນື້ອທີ່ (nư̄a thī)
• ແຜນທີ່ (phǣn thī)
• ພື້ນທີ່ (phư̄n thī)
• ໜ້າທີ່ (nā thī)

 

Preposition

ທີ່ • (thī)

1. in
2. at
3. on

Particle

ທີ່ • (thī)

1. (relative) used to link noun with adjective, or verb with subordinate clause
2. used to form ordinal number from cardinal number

Synonyms

• ບ່ອນ (bǭn)