ฉีก

Thai

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 拆.[1] Cognate with Khün ᩈᩦ᩠ᨠ, Lao ສີກ (sīk) or ຈີກ (chīk), Lü ᦉᦲᧅᧈ (ṡiik¹), Tai Dam ꪊꪲꪀ, Shan သိၵ်ႇ (sìk), Phake ꩬိက် (sik) or ꩡိက် (cik), Ahom 𑜏𑜢𑜀𑜫 (sik).

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicฉีก
t͡ɕʰ ī k
RomanizationPaiboonchìik
Royal Institutechik
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰiːk̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

ฉีก • (chìik) (abstract noun การฉีก)

  1. to tear.
  2. to separate (from a pair or set).

References
  1. Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎, Department of Linguistics, Cornell University, page 92
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