ᩈᩦ᩵

Northern Thai

Northern Thai numbers ^(edit)

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Secular Lanna script numeral: ᪄     Religious Lanna script numeral: ᪔     Cardinal: ᩈᩦ᩵     Ordinal: ᨴᩦ᩵ᩈᩦ᩵     Cardinal: สี่     Ordinal: ตี้สี่

Alternative forms

• สี่

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ (“four”), from Middle Chinese 四 (MC sijH, “four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij (“four”). Cognate with Thai สี่ (sìi), Lao ສີ່ (sī), Lü ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii¹), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (sǐ), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī), Bouyei sis, Zhuang seiq.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ᩈᩦ᩵
Phonemic		สี่ s ī ˋ
Romanization	Paiboon	sìi
	Royal Institute	si
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)		/siː˨˩/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)		/siː˩˩/

Numeral

ᩈᩦ᩵ • (transliteration needed)

1. four