ขี่

See also: ข, ขี้, and ขู่

Thai

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicขี่
kʰ ī ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonkìi
Royal Institutekhi
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰiː˨˩/(R)

Verb

ขี่ • (kìi) (abstract noun การขี่)

  1. to ride, to drive
    ขี่ม้า
    kìi máa
    to ride a horse

See also

References
  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.
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