ꩬီ
Aiton
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ (“four”), from Middle Chinese 四 (MC sijH, “four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”). Cognate with Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī), Bouyei sis, Khamti ꩬီ, Lü ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii¹), Lao ສີ່ (sī), Northern Thai ᩈᩦ᩵, Nùng slỉ, Phake ꩬီ (sī), Shan သီႇ (sìi), Tày slí, Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Tai Laing ꩬီ, Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (sǐ), Thai สี่ (sìi), Zhuang seiq.
Khamti
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ (“four”), from Middle Chinese 四 (MC sijH, “four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”). Cognate with Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī), Aiton ꩬီ (sī), Bouyei sis, Lü ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii¹), Lao ສີ່ (sī), Northern Thai ᩈᩦ᩵, Nùng slỉ, Phake ꩬီ (sī), Shan သီႇ (sìi), Tày slí, Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Tai Laing ꩬီ, Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (sǐ), Thai สี่ (sìi), Zhuang seiq.
Phake
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ (“four”), from Middle Chinese 四 (MC sijH, “four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”). Cognate with Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī), Aiton ꩬီ (sī), Bouyei sis, Khamti ꩬီ, Lü ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii¹), Lao ສີ່ (sī), Northern Thai ᩈᩦ᩵, Nùng slỉ, Phake ꩬီ (sī), Shan သီႇ (sìi), Tày slí, Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Tai Laing ꩬီ, Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (sǐ), Thai สี่ (sìi), Zhuang seiq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siː¹/
Etymology 2
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *siːꟲ¹ (“rib; tooth (of a comb, rake, etc)”). Cognate with Thai ซี่ (sîi), Khün ᩈᩦ᩶, Tai Dam ꪏꪲ꪿, Lü ᦉᦲᧉ (ṡii²), Shan သီႈ (sīi), Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥲ (sì), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siː³/
Classifier
ꩬ︀ီ (sī)
- used for teeth or similar things.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siː⁶/
Tai Laing
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ (“four”), from Middle Chinese 四 (MC sijH, “four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”). Cognate with Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī), Aiton ꩬီ (sī), Bouyei sis, Khamti ꩬီ, Lü ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii¹), Lao ສີ່ (sī), Northern Thai ᩈᩦ᩵, Nùng slỉ, Phake ꩬီ (sī), Shan သီႇ (sìi), Tày slí, Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (sǐ), Thai สี่ (sìi), Zhuang seiq.