ตี

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩦ, Lao ຕີ (tī), Lü ᦎᦲ (ṫii), Shan တီ (tǐi).

ตี • (dtii) (abstract noun การตี)

1. to hit; to strike; to beat.
2. to attack; to assail.
3. to fight; to quarrel; to brawl.
4. to conflict; to be in conflict; to be repugnant (to); to be incompatible (with).
5. (of a percussion instrument or the like) to sound or play by beating, tapping, or the like.
6. to create or make by hitting, striking, or the like.

   ตีดาบ

   dtii dàap

   to forge a sword

   • 1855, พระราชพงษาวดาร ฉบับพระราชหัดถเลขา, Bangkok: n.p., published 1912, page 5:

     ตีแตะบังที่กำแพงทลาย

     dtii dtɛ̀ bang tîi gam-pɛɛng tá-laai

     [They] made partitions to cover the parts of the walls [which had] collapsed.

7. (of a line) to create, as by drawing along a ruler.
8. (usually of wings) to flap.
9. (of a feeling, emotion, attitude, etc) to express; to feign.
10. (of value, price, etc) to appraise; to determine.
11. to take for granted, to assume; to view, to consider.
12. to press; to impress; to stamp.

ตี • (dtii)

1. hour between 1–6 am, at the beginning of which a bell is traditionally sounded for the purpose of timekeeping.

• “ตี” 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.