กี่

See also: ก, กุ, กู, กู้, ก็, and ก.

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicกี่
k ī ˋ
RomanizationPaiboongìi
Royal Instituteki
(standard) IPA(key)/kiː˨˩/(R)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 機 (MC kj+j, “loom; machine”).

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩦ᩵, Lao ກີ່ (kī), Lü ᦂᦲᧈ (k̇ii¹), Khün ᨠᩦ᩵, Shan ၵီႇ (kìi), Tai Nüa ᥐᥤᥱ (kǐ).

Noun

กี่ • (gìi) (classifier หลัง)

  1. loom (weaving machine).
  2. bookbinding machine.
Synonyms
Descendants
  • → Khmer: កី (kəy)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *kiːꟲ (“how many; several”),[1] from Middle Chinese 幾 (MC kj+jX). The tone of Thai กี่ [kiːᴮ¹] shows irregularity as a reflex of Proto-Tai *kiːꟲ.[1]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩦ᩵, Lü ᦂᦲᧈ (k̇ii¹), Khün ᨠᩦ᩵, Tai Nüa ᥐᥤᥱ (kǐ), Ahom 𑜀𑜣 (kī), Zhuang geij.

Pronoun

กี่ • (gìi)

  1. how many, how much (followed by classifier or common noun)
    กี่บาท
    gìi bàat
    How much?
    กี่โมง
    gìi moong
    What time?
  2. several, not too many
Derived terms
  • กี่มากน้อย
  • กี่โมง (gìi-moong)
  • กี่วัน
  • กี่หน
  • นี่กี่โมงแล้ว
  • ไม่กี่ (mâi-gìi)
  • ไม่กี่มากน้อย
  • อีกสักกี่หนก็ได้
See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 359

Further reading

  • “กี่” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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