See also: , อึ, and อ.

Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicอี
ɒ ī
RomanizationPaiboonii
Royal Institutei
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔiː˧/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

อี (ii)

  1. (sometimes considered vulgar and offensive) used as a title for a female animal.
  2. (archaic, vulgar, derogatory and offensive) used as a term of address to or title for a female commoner.
  3. (vulgar, derogatory, offensive) used as a term of address to or title for a woman.
  4. (slang, vulgar, sometimes considered offensive) used as a familiar or affectionate term of address to or title for anyone.
  5. (slang, vulgar, sometimes considered derogatory and offensive) used as a term of address to or title for anyone or anything; used as a prefix by way of emphasis
  6. used as a title for certain traditional Thai games and postures in those games, such as อีเข่า, อีงุ้ม, อีตัก, etc.
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Teochew (i) or Hokkien (i).

Pronoun edit

อี (ii)

  1. (colloquial, used amongst Chinese people) a third person pronoun: he, she, it, they, etc.

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

อี (ii)

  1. Transliteration of English e