𑜄𑜣

Ahom

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *diːᴮ possibly from Middle Chinese 地 (MC dijH).[1] Cognate with Thai ที่ (tîi), Lao ທີ່ (thī), Lü ᦑᦲᧈ (tii¹), Shan တီႈ (tīi). Outside Tai-Kadai: compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *tiʔ ~ tiiʔ ~ tiəʔ (“that yonder”), Mon တေံ (teʔ, “that”), Khmer ទី (tii), Vietnamese thì (“then, which, to be”).

Noun

𑜄𑜣 (tī)

  1. place

Preposition

𑜄𑜣 (tī)

  1. to (marker of recipients and some other animate objects)
  2. at

Verb

𑜄𑜣 (tī)

  1. to peep through

References
  1. Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎, Department of Linguistics, Cornell University, page 367
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