ขี่

See also: ข, ขี้, and ขู่

Thai

Etymology

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

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

Verb

ขี่ • (kìi) (abstract noun การขี่)

  1. to ride, to drive

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 0859-9920, pages 47–68.
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