หวี

See also: หัว and หิว

Thai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tai *ʰrwɯːjᴬ.[1]

Cognate with Lao ຫວີ (h), Lü ᦛᦲ (v̇ii), Shan ဝီ (wǐi), Tai Dam ꪪꪲ, Ahom 𑜈𑜣 (bī), Zhuang roi and vi (dialectal).

Compare Old Chinese 篦 (OC *piː, *bis).

Pronunciation

Orthographicหวี
h w ī
Phonemic
หฺวี
h ̥ w ī
RomanizationPaiboonwǐi
Royal Institutewi
(standard) IPA(key)/wiː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

หวี • (wǐi)

  1. comb. (Classifiers: เล่ม or อัน)
  2. bunch, hand (of bananas). (Classifier: หวี)

Verb

หวี • (wǐi) (abstract noun การหวี)

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References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 340
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