Ahom edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Tai *C̬.qɯjꟲ (excrement). Cognate with Thai ขี้ (kîi), Northern Thai ᨡᩦ᩶, Lao ຂີ້ (khī), ᦃᦲᧉ (ẋii²), Shan ၶီႈ (khīi), Zhuang haex, Saek ไกฺ.

Noun edit

𑜁𑜣 (khī)

  1. dung, feces, excrement

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

𑜁𑜣 (khī)

  1. peacock

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

𑜁𑜣 (khī)

  1. distress, hardship, suffering

Etymology 4 edit

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kʰwiːᴮ (to ride), from Middle Chinese (MC gje, “to ride”).[1] Cognate with Thai ขี่ (kìi), Lao ຂີ່ (khī), ᦃᦲᧈ (ẋii¹), Tai Dam ꪄꪲ꪿, Shan ၶီႇ (khìi), Zhuang gwih.

Verb edit

𑜁𑜣 (khī)

  1. to ride

References edit

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.