กี่

See also: ก, กุ, กู, กู้, ก็, and ก.

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		กี่ k ī ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	gìi
	Royal Institute	ki
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kiː˨˩/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *kiːᶜ (“how many; several”), from Middle Chinese 幾 (MC kɨi^X). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩦ᩵, Khün ᨠᩦ᩵, Lü ᦂᦲᧈ (k̇ii¹).

Adverb

กี่ • (gìi)

how many, how much (followed by classifier)
- กี่บาท
  gìi bàat
  How much?
- กี่โมง
  gìi moong
  What time?

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 機 (MC kɨi, “loom; machine”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩦ᩵, Lao ກີ່ (kī), Khün ᨠᩦ᩵, Lü ᦂᦲᧈ (k̇ii¹), Shan ၵီႇ (kìi).

Noun

กี่ • (gìi) (classifier หลัง)

loom.
bookbinding machine.

Synonyms

หูก (hùuk)

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