ຂີ່

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See also: ຂ and ຂໍ

Lao

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Etymology

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From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kʰwiːᴮ (“to ride”), from Middle Chinese 騎 (MC gje, “to ride”).[1] Cognate with Thai ขี่ (kìi), Lü ᦃᦲᧈ (ẋii¹), Tai Dam ꪄꪲ꪿, Shan ၶီႇ (khìi), Ahom 𑜁𑜣 (khī), Zhuang gwih.

Pronunciation

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  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [kʰiː˧]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [kʰiː˧˨]
  • Hyphenation: ຂີ່
  • Rhymes: -iː

Verb

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ຂີ່ • (khī) (abstract noun ການຂີ່)

  1. to ride

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.
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