gwih

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 騎 (MC ɡˠiᴇ, “to ride”). Cognate with Proto-Southwestern Tai *kʰwiːᴮ (“to ride”), whence Thai ขี่ (kìi), Lao ຂີ່ (khī), Lü ᦃᦲᧈ (ẋii¹), Tai Dam ꪄꪲ꪿, Shan ၶီႇ (khìi), Ahom 𑜁𑜣 (khii).

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /kɯːi˧/

Tone numbers: gwi⁶

Hyphenation: gwih

Verb

gwih (old orthography gɯiƅ)

to ride (a horse, a bike, etc.)
gwih max ― to ride a horse
to straddle

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