ཁྲི
Sikkimese
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rij (“many”).
Numeral
ཁྲི (khri)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəj (“foot”).
Noun
ཁྲི (khri)
References
- Norden Tshering; Pema Rinzin Takchungdarpo (2001), ལྙོ་དབྱིན་ ཤན་སྦྱར་གྱི་ ཆིག་མཇོ་ད།། [Lho dbyin shan sbyar gyi chig mjo da., Bhutia-English Dictionary][1] (overall work in English and Sikkimese), Gangtok, Sikkim: Kwality Stores, page 30
Tibetan
Etymology 1
| ← 10 | ← 1,000 | ༡༠༠༠༠ 10,000 |
100,000 → | 10,000,000 (107) → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: ཁྲི (khri) | ||||
According to Starostin, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rij (“many”). Cognate with Chinese 師 (OC *sri), 皆 (OC *kriːl), 偕 (OC *kriːl), and Jingpho ri (“million”).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*kʰri/
- Lhasa: /ʈ͡ʂʰi˥˥/
- Batang: /ʈ͡ʂʰɪ˥˧/
- Dêgê: /ʈ͡ʂʰi˥˧/
- Zêkog: /ʈ͡ʂʰə/
- Bla-Brang: /ʈ͡ʂʰə/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*kʰri/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: chif
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰi˥˥/
- Khams
- Amdo
Numeral
ཁྲི • (khri)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəj (“foot”). Cognate with Chinese 几 (OC *krilʔ), 机 (OC *kril, *krilʔ), and Burmese ခြေ (hkre).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*kʰri/
- Lhasa: /ʈ͡ʂʰi˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*kʰri/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: chif
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰi˥˥/
Noun
ཁྲི • (khri)