หมี
Thai edit
Pronunciation edit
Orthographic | หมี h m ī | |
Phonemic | หฺมี h ̥ m ī | |
Romanization | Paiboon | mǐi |
Royal Institute | mi | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /miː˩˩˦/(R) |
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Tai *ʰmwɯjᴬ (“bear”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩦ, Lao ໝີ (mī), Lü ᦖᦲ (ṁii), Tai Dam ꪢꪲ, Shan မီ (mǐi), Ahom 𑜉𑜣 (mī), Zhuang mui, Nong Zhuang mue, Bouyei moil. Compare Proto-Austronesian *Cumay (“bear”) (whence Paiwan tsumay). Old Chinese 羋 (OC *meʔ) was probably borrowed from a Kra-Dai language.
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
- หมีขั้วโลก (mǐi-kûua-lôok)
Etymology 2 edit
Adverb edit
หมี • (mǐi)
Etymology 3 edit
Corrupted from หี (hǐi).
Noun edit
หมี • (mǐi)
- (colloquial) Synonym of หี (hǐi)