thi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "thi"

Translingual

Symbol

thi

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

Albanian

Alternative forms

thaj — Gheg [θaj]

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ćūs < *ćūs < *sūs, from Proto-Indo-European *suHs. Compare English sow, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Latvian sivēns, and Latin sūs.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θiː/

Noun

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

pig
Synonym: derr

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

^ Forschungen, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013), Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 226

Anong

Noun

thi

water

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’)

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

(dated) for (coordinating conjunction introducing an explanation)
Synonym: for
(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

(anatomy) breast

References

Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983), Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Leenhardt, M. (1946), Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

thī

vocative singular of thīus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

thi

alternative spelling of þi (“thy”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

thi

alternative spelling of þi (“the”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

thi

alternative spelling of þi (“thee”)

Etymology 4

Pronoun

thi

alternative spelling of þi (“they”)

Etymology 5

Adverb

thi

alternative spelling of þi (“the”)

Etymology 6

Noun

thi (plural thies)

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)

to die

References

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

Mohawk

Pronoun

thi

that

Namuyi

Alternative forms

thye

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰi˧]
Hyphenation: thi

Pronoun

thi

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^[1], Prague: Charles University (PhD Thesis), page 129

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

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

Verb

-thí

to say

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse því.

Adverb

thi

(archaic or poetic) because, for, since

Synonyms

fordi

Old Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronoun

thi

dative of thū
accusative of thū

Inflection

Old Dutch personal pronouns
			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	first person		ik, ic, ih	mī, mik, *mic	mī	mīn
	second person		thu, tu	thī, thik, *thic	thī	thīn
	third person	neuter	it		imo	is
		masculine	hē, hie	imo		sīn, is
		feminine	sia		iro
plural	first person		wī, wīr	uns, unsig		unsa, *unser
	second person		gī, ir	iu		iuwa, *iuwer
	third person		sia, sie (masc. plur.)		im	iro

Descendants

Middle Dutch: di
Dutch: dij (dialectal)

Old Frisian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *þiz.

Pronoun

thī

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)

that
the

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

thik

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þiz.

Pronoun

thī

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
dual	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

vocative singular of thī (“woman”)

Rawang

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-turʔ.

Noun

thi

water

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

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

Verb

-thi

to say

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tarao

Noun

thi

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): (file)

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 詩.

Noun

(classifier bài) thi

(literary) poetry
Synonym: thơ

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Verb

thi

to compete
kì thi ― competition
to take an examination
kì thi ― examination

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Khmer: ធី (thii)

Etymology 3

Romanization

thi

Sino-Vietnamese reading of 屍

Derived terms

Welsh

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Pronoun

thi

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

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

(intransitive) to say

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology 1

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

Verb

-thi

(intransitive) to say
(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

Combining stem of thina.

References

^{The template Template:R:zu:ZED does not use the parameter(s): imprtone=8-9.9}

impr2=thana

impr2tone=3.9 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-thi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-thi”

C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-thi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-thi”

[1] Forschungen, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013), Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 226

[1]

Translingual

Symbol

See also

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

Further reading

Anong

Noun

See also

References

Danish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Conjunction

References

Drehu

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

Etymology 2

Determiner

Etymology 3

Pronoun

Etymology 4

Pronoun

Etymology 5

Adverb

Etymology 6

Noun

Mizo

Etymology

Verb

References

Mohawk

Pronoun

Namuyi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

References

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

Verb

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Adverb

Synonyms

Old Dutch

Etymology

Pronoun

Inflection

Descendants

Old Frisian

Etymology 1

Pronoun

Declension

Descendants

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Article

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronoun

Declension

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun