ปลี

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *pliːᴬ (banana blossom). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨸᩖᩦ, Lao ປີ (), Shan ပီ (pǐi), Phake ပီ (). Sagart (2020) compared this word with Proto-Austronesian *punti (banana).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicปลี
p l ī
Phonemic
ปฺลี
p ̥ l ī
RomanizationPaiboonbplii
Royal Institutepli
(standard) IPA(key)/pliː˧/(R)

Noun

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ปลี (bplii)

  1. banana blossom.
  2. flower cluster.
  3. (architecture) finial on top of a chedi