Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese .[1] Cognate with Khün ᩈᩦ᩠ᨠ, Lao ສີກ (sīk) or ຈີກ (chīk), ᦉᦲᧅᧈ (ṡiik¹), Tai Dam ꪊꪲꪀ, Shan သိၵ်ႇ (sìk), Phake ꩬိက် (sik) or ꩡိက် (cik), Ahom 𑜏𑜢𑜀𑜫 (sik).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicฉีก
t͡ɕʰ ī k
RomanizationPaiboonchìik
Royal Institutechik
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰiːk̚˨˩/(R)

Verb edit

ฉีก (chìik) (abstract noun การฉีก)

  1. to tear.
  2. to separate (from a pair or set).

References edit

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University, page 92