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มี

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See also: , มิ, and ม.

Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicมี
m ī
RomanizationPaiboonmii
Royal Institutemi
(standard) IPA(key)/miː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *miːᴬ (to have).

Cognate with Isan มี, Lao ມີ (), Northern Thai ᨾᩦ, Khün ᨾᩦ, ᦙᦲ (mii), Tai Dam ꪣꪲ, Tai Dón ꪣꪲ, Shan မီး (míi), Tai Nüa ᥛᥤᥰ (), Ahom 𑜉𑜣 (), Zhuang miz.

Verb

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มี (mii) (abstract noun การมี)

  1. (transitive) to have; to own; to possess
  2. (transitive) to contain; to include; to consist of; to be composed of
  3. (intransitive, sometimes copulative) to be; to exist; to come into existence; to happen; to occur; to take place
  4. (transitive) to cause to exist; to bring into existence; to create; to produce; to make
  5. (transitive, as of a document, decision, instruction, permission, etc) to write, to compose; to issue, to deliver; to give, to grant

Adjective

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มี (mii) (abstract noun ความมี)

  1. having possessions; wealthy; rich

Noun

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มี (mii)

  1. possessions; property; wealth

Preposition

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มี (mii)

  1. having; with
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English mi.

Noun

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มี (mii)

  1. (music) mi

Further reading

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  • มี” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.