thi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "thi"

Languages (23)

Translingual

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Albanian • Anong • Danish • Drehu • Latin • Middle English • Mizo • Mohawk • Namuyi • Northern Ndebele • Norwegian Bokmål • Old Dutch • Old Frisian • Old Saxon • Pali • Rawang • Southern Ndebele • Tarao • Vietnamese • Welsh • Xhosa • Zulu

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Translingual

Symbol

thi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tai Long.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tai Long terms

Albanian

Alternative forms

• thaj — Gheg [θaj]

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ćūs < *ćūs < *sūs, from Proto-Indo-European *suHs, with influence from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁- (“swollen, fat”), hence the initial Alb. th-. Compare English sow, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Latvian sivēns, and Latin sūs.

The plural form, also thi, continues Common Albanian *θȳ, from Proto-Albanian *tˢy(w)i, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *ćuweh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiː/

Noun

thi m (plural thi, definite thiu, definite plural thitë)

1. pig

   Synonym: derr

Declension

Declension of thi

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	thi	thiu	thi	thitë
accusative		thiun
dative	thiu	thiut	thive	thive
ablative			thish

Further reading

• “thi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Anong

Noun

thi

1. water

See also

• tɕʰɑ³¹ŋɑ⁵⁵

References

• Schuessler, A. (2007) ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese. Honolulu, University of Hawaiʻi Press.

→ISBN, page 241: "It is not clear if and how the following may be related: Kachin bop ‘foam, froth’ (= swelling water), Rawang (Nung) thi bop ‘bubble’ (thi ‘water’)

• 孙宏开; 刘光坤 (2005), 阿侬语研究 [A study of the Anong language], Beijing: 民族出版社, →ISBN, →OCLC

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish thi, thy, Old Norse því, dative singular of þat, cognate with Swedish ty (“therefore”) and Norwegian Nynorsk di.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti/, [ˈtˢi], [ˈtˢiˀ]

Conjunction

thi

1. (dated) for (coordinating conjunction introducing an explanation)

   Synonym: for

2. (archaic) therefore

   Synonym: derfor

   thi kendes for ret (phrase used in courtrooms to introduce the verdict)

   it is held that

References

“thi” in Den Danske Ordbog

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θi/

Noun

thi

1. (anatomy) breast

References

• Tryon, Darrell T. (1967), “thi”, in Dehu-English dictionary (Pacific Linguistics; C–6)‎^[1], Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, page 112

Further reading

• Tryon, D. T.; Hackman, B. D. (1983), Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification (Pacific Linguistics; C-72)‎^[2], Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
• Leenhardt, Maurice (1946), Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mélanésie [Languages ​​and dialects of Austro-Melanesia] (Travaux et mémoires de l'Institut d'ethnologie; XLVI) (in French), Paris: Institut d'ethnologie

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtʰiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtiː]

Noun

thī

1. vocative singular of thīus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

thi

1. alternative spelling of þi (“thy”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

thi

1. alternative spelling of þi (“the”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

thi

1. alternative spelling of þi (“thee”)

Etymology 4

Pronoun

thi

1. alternative spelling of þi (“they”)

Etymology 5

Adverb

thi

1. alternative spelling of þi (“the”)

Etymology 6

Noun

thi (plural thies)

1. alternative spelling of þi (“thigh”)

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thii, *thiʔ (“to die”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sij (“to die”).

Verb

thi (stem II thih)

1. to die

References

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “thi”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Mohawk

Pronoun

thi

1. that

Namuyi

Alternative forms

• thye

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰi˧]
• Hyphenation: thi

Pronoun

thi

1. he, she, it

References

• Fuminobu Nishida (2013), “Phonetics and phonology of Dzolo dialect of Namuyi”, in Artes Liberales, number 92, pages 21-54
• Štěpán Pavlík (2017), The Description of Namuzi Language‎^[3], Prague: Charles University (PhD Thesis), page 129

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

Verb

-thí

1. to say

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse því.

Adverb

thi

1. (archaic or poetic) because, for, since

Synonyms

• fordi

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þiz, dative of *þū.

Pronoun

thi

1. dative of thū
2. accusative of thū

Inflection

Old Dutch personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	first person		ic	mī		mīn
	second person		thū	thī		thīn
	third person	neuter	it		imo, himo	is
		masculine	hē, hie	in, hin	imo, himo	sīn, is
		feminine	siu, sie	sia, sie	iro, hiro
plural	first person		wī	uns, unsig		unser
	second person		gī	iu		iuwer
	third person		sia, sie		im, him, in, hin	iro, hiro

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: di
• Dutch: dij (dialectal)

Old Frisian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *þiz.

Pronoun

thī

1. accusative/dative of thū

Declension

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hī	hine	him	sīn
		f	hiū, hiō	hiā	hire, hiāre	hire, hiāre
		n	hit	hit	him	sīn
plural	1st person		wī	ūs	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		jī	jū, jō	jū, jō	jūwer
	3rd person		hiā	hiā	him, hirem, hiārem	hira, hiāra

Descendants

• West Frisian: dy

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sa.

Alternative forms

• tī

Article

thī m (definite)

1. that
2. the

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• thik

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þiz.

Pronoun

thī

1. thee, you

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī, me, mik	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī, thik	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hē	ina	imu	is
		f	siu	sia	iru	ira
		n	it		it	is
dual	1st person		wit	unk		unkero, unka
	2nd person		git	ink		inker, inka
plural	1st person		wī, we	ūs, unsik	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		gī, ge	eu, iu, iuu		euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
	3rd person	m	sia		im	iro
		f	sia
		n	siu

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀣𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• थि (Devanagari script)
• থি (Bengali script)
• ථි (Sinhalese script)
• ထိ (Burmese script)
• ถิ (Thai script)
• ᨳᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຖິ (Lao script)
• ថិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄗𑄨 (Chakma script)

Noun

thi

1. vocative singular of thī (“woman”)

Rawang

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-turʔ.

Noun

thi

1. water

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

Verb

-thi

1. to say

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tarao

Noun

thi

1. blood

References

• Chungkham Yashwanta Singh (2002), Tarao Grammar (in Tarao)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰɪj˧˧]
• Homophone: Thi

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 詩.

Noun

thi (classifier bài)

1. (literary) poetry

   Synonym: thơ

Derived terms

• sử thi
• thi ca
• thi hào
• thi hứng
• thi nhân
• thi sĩ
• thi vị

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 試 (SV: thí). Doublet of thử.

Verb

thi

1. to compete

   kì thi ― competition

2. to take an examination

   kì thi ― examination

Derived terms

• thi cử
• thi đấu
• thi đua
• thi thố

Descendants

• → Khmer: ធី (thii)

Etymology 3

Romanization

thi

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 屍

Derived terms

• cương thi
• thi hài
• tử thi

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiː/
• Homophones: thu, thŷ (South Wales only)

Etymology 1

Pronoun

thi

1. aspirate mutation of ti

Usage notes

Aspirate mutation is often not applied to the pronoun ti after a, â, gyda etc., even by speakers who consistently use the mutation with other words.

Mutation

Mutated forms of ti

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ti	di	unchanged△	thi

^△Irregular.

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

Noun

thi

1. aspirate mutation of ti (“tee”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ti

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ti	di	nhi	thi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

Verb

-thi

1. (intransitive) to say

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *-tɪ̀ (“say, quote”).

Verb

-thi

1. (intransitive) to say
2. (intransitive) to think, to imagine, to consider, to believe, to suppose

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

-thi

1. Combining stem of thina.

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “thi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “thi (imper. yithi, 8-9.9, or thana, 3.9)”