ขี้

See also: ข, ขี่, and ขู่

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *C̬.qɯjᶜ (“excrement”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩦ᩶, Lao ຂີ້ (khī), Lü ᦃᦲᧉ (ẋii²), Shan ၶီႈ (khīi), Ahom 𑜁𑜣 (khī), Zhuang haex, Saek ไกฺ. Compare Sui ggeex, Proto-Kra *kaiᶜ and Proto-Hlai *ɦaːjʔ (whence haːj³ in most modern lects). Compare also Proto-Austronesian *Caqi (whence Paiwan tsaqi, Malay tahi, Malagasy tay).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ขี้ kʰ ī ˆ
Phonemic		คี่ g ī ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	kîi
	Royal Institute	khi
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰiː˥˩/(R)
Homophones edit		คี่

Verb

ขี้ • (kîi) (abstract noun การขี้)

1. (vulgar) to defecate; to have a bowel movement.

Noun

ขี้ • (kîi)

1. (vulgar) faeces.
2. (vulgar) any dirty substance, unwanted substance, or waste matter discharged from or found on the body, as scurf, snot, earwax, etc.

Particle

ขี้ • (kîi)

1. (sometimes considered vulgar) used as a prefix to any word to form a noun, indicating the state of being a dirty substance, unwanted substance, or waste matter.
2. (sometimes considered vulgar) used as a prefix to any word to form an adjective or adverb, indicating a tendency, propensity, habit, behaviour, or condition, especially an unfavourable one.

Derived terms

Thai terms prefixed with ขี้