ดี

See also: , , and ดู

Gong

Pronunciation

Noun

ดี (transliteration needed)

  1. crossbow

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicดี
ɗ ī
RomanizationPaiboondii
Royal Institutedi
(standard) IPA(key)/diː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɓliːᴬ (gallbladder; bile).[1]

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ບີ (), Shan လီ (lǐi), Ahom 𑜓𑜣 () or 𑜎𑜣 ().

In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang mbei.

Noun

ดี • (dii)

  1. gallbladder; bile.
Derived terms
  • ดีเกลือ
  • ดีเกลือฝรั่ง
  • ดีซ่าน (dii-sâan)
  • ดีเดือด
  • ดีนาคราช
  • ดีบัว
  • ดีฝ่อ
  • ดียา
  • ดีหิน
  • น้ำดี (náam-dii)
  • ประคำดีควาย
  • มะคำดีควาย

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *ɗɤjᴬ (good).[2]

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Northern Thai ᨯᩦ (di), Lao ດີ (), ᦡᦲ (ḋii), Shan လီ (lǐi), Tai Dam ꪒꪲ, Tai Dón ꪒꪲ, Ahom 𑜓𑜣 (), 𑜃𑜣 () or 𑜑𑜣 ().

In Central Tai, cognate with Tày đây.

In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang ndei, Bouyei ndil.

Compare Sui qdail (good), Southern Kam lail (good).

Alternative forms

Adjective

ดี • (dii) (abstract noun ความดี)

  1. good:
    1. nice; fine; excellent; satisfactory; agreeable; pleasant; favourable.
      รายได้
      raai-dâai dii
      good income
      เสียง
      sǐiang dii
      good (singing) voice
      ข่าว
      kàao dii
      good news
      ฝัน
      fǎn dii
      good dream
      อากาศ
      aa-gàat dii
      good weather
    2. beautiful; adorable; lovely; attractive; handsome.
      หุ่น
      hùn dii
      good (bodily) shape
      หน้าตา
      nâa-dtaa dii
      good looking
    3. moral, virtuous, righteous; kind, benevolent; friendly.
      คน
      kon dii
      good person
      ใจ
      jai dii
      good heart
      เขาต่อฉันมาก
      kǎo dii dtɔ̀ɔ chǎn mâak
      He's so good to me.
    4. proper; right; appropriate.
      มรรยาท
      man-yâat dii
      good manners
    5. well-behaved, well-mannered; educated, refined.
      ภูมิหลัง
      puum-lǎng dii
      good background
    6. noble; exalted; wellborn.
    7. smart; intelligent; clever; adept.
    8. sound, valid; honorable, worthy, in good standing
      ชื่อเสียง
      chʉ̂ʉ-sǐiang dii
      good credit; good name; good reputation
    9. healthful; useful; beneficial.
      ต่อสุขภาพ
      dii dtɔ̀ɔ sùk-kà-pâap
      good for health
    10. warm; close; intimate.
      เพื่อนที่
      pʉ̂ʉan tîi dii
      good friend
      (literally) friend that is good
    11. sufficient; ample; enough.
  2. on good terms; on a friendly footing; having good relations.
  3. in a normal, good, or proper condition; in a healthy condition; working, functioning, operative; usable, consumable.
    ประตูไม่
    bprà-dtuu mâi dii
    The door is broken.
    (literally) The door is not good.
    สัญญาณไม่
    sǎn-yaan mâi dii
    It's a bad line.
    (literally) The [phone] signal is not good.
    เน็ตไม่
    nèt mâi dii
    The internet connection is bad.
    (literally) The [inter]net [connection] is not good.
    อาหารยังอยู่
    aa-hǎan yang dii yùu
    The food is edible still.
    (literally) The food is good still.
    หูไม่
    hǔu mâi dii
    (literally) The ears are not good (= having a hearing problem, having an ear disorder, etc).
    คอมไม่
    kɔm mâi dii
    The computer is out of service.
    (literally) The com[puter] is not good.

Adverb

ดี • (dii) (abstract noun ความดี)

  1. well: nicely, finely, excellently, satisfactorily, agreeably, pleasantly, etc.
    พูด
    pûut dii
    well spoken; to speak well
    ร้อง
    rɔ́ɔng dii
    well sung; to sing well
    ประพฤติ
    bprà-prʉ́t dii
    well behaved; to behave well
  2. quite; so.
    อร่อย
    à-rɔ̀i dii
    quite delicious
    สวย
    sǔai dii
    quite beautiful
    เลว
    leeo dii
    quite bad

Antonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 3

clipping of สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii)

Interjection

ดี • (dii)

  1. (slang) clipping of สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii)

Etymology 4

From English dee (the letter D/d).

Noun

ดี • (dii)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.
See also

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 326
  2. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[2], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 345