หมี

See also: หมี่, หมู, and หมู่

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		หมี h m ī
Phonemic		หฺมี h ̥ m ī
Romanization	Paiboon	mǐi
	Royal Institute	mi
(standard) IPA(key)		/miː˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʰmwɯjᴬ (“bear”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩦ, Lao ໝີ (mī), Lü ᦖᦲ (ṁii), Tai Dam ꪢꪲ, Shan မီ (mǐi), Ahom 𑜉𑜣 (mī), Zhuang mui, Bouyei moil. Compare Proto-Austronesian *Cumay (“bear”) (whence Paiwan tsumay). Old Chinese 羋 (OC *meʔ) was probably borrowed from a Kra-Dai language.

Noun

หมี • (mǐi) (classifier ตัว)

1. bear: a member of the family Ursidae.

Etymology 2

Adverb

หมี • (mǐi)

1. Obsolete form of มิ (mí).