ปลี
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Tai *pliːᴬ (“banana blossom”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨸᩖᩦ, Lao ປີ (pī), Shan ပီ (pǐi), Phake ပီ (pī). Sagart (2020) compared this word with Proto-Austronesian *punti (“banana”).
Pronunciation edit
Orthographic | ปลี p l ī | |
Phonemic | ปฺลี p ̥ l ī | |
Romanization | Paiboon | bplii |
Royal Institute | pli | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /pliː˧/(R) |
Noun edit
ปลี • (bplii)