ริม

See also: ร่ม

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *riːmᴬ (“edge”).[1]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩁᩥ᩠ᨾ, Isan ฮิม, Lao ຮິມ (him), Lü ᦣᦲᧄ (hiim), Tai Dam ꪭꪲꪣ, Shan ႁိမ်း (hím), Tai Nüa ᥞᥤᥛᥰ (hïm), Ahom 𑜍𑜢𑜉𑜫 (rim), 𑜍𑜢𑜪 (riṃ), or 𑜍𑜧𑜪 (rawṃ), Zhuang simz (“edge”) (dialectal) and rimz (“near by”) (dialectal), Zuojiang Zhuang rimz or simz.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicริม
r i m
RomanizationPaiboonrim
Royal Instituterim
(standard) IPA(key)/rim˧/(R)

Noun

ริม • (rim)

  1. edge.

Preposition

ริม • (rim)

  1. by the side of; near; close by.

Adverb

ริม • (rim)

  1. almost

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 361

Further reading

  • “ริม” 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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