เขี่ย

Thai

Etymology

Cognate with Lao ເຂ່ຍ (khīa), Shan ၶေႇ (khèe).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเขี่ย
e kʰ ī ˋ y
RomanizationPaiboonkìia
Royal Institutekhia
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰia̯˨˩/(R)

Verb

เขี่ย • (kìia) (abstract noun การเขี่ย)

  1. to flick, flick off (e.g. ashes from cigarette), remove, dislodge.
  2. to scratch (as a chicken).
  3. to scrape away (e.g. food scrapes into the garbage can).
  4. to scatter, wipe, rake.
  5. to remove, throw away, discard.
  6. to dig, dig up.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • เขี่ย” 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.