ชี้
Thai
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *ɟiːᶜ (“to point”), from Middle Chinese 指 (MC tsyijX, “finger; to point; to indicate”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨩᩦ᩶, Lao ຊີ້ (sī), Lü ᦋᦲᧉ (tsii²), Tai Dam ꪋꪲ꫁, Shan ၸီႉ (tsḭ̂i), Ahom 𑜋𑜣 (chī). Compare Vietnamese chỉ, chĩa.
Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemic | ชี้ d͡ʑ ī ˆ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | chíi |
Royal Institute | chi | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /t͡ɕʰiː˦˥/(R) |