เตี่ย

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Teochew (dia1).[1] Cognate with Khmer ទៀ (tiə).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเตี่ย
e t ī ˋ y
RomanizationPaiboondtìia
Royal Institutetia
(standard) IPA(key)/tia̯˨˩/(R)

Noun

เตี่ย • (dtìia)

  1. father (used as a term of address by Chinese and Sino-Thai people)

References

  1. ^ Joanna Rose McFarland (2021) “Chapter 3: Language Contact and Lexical Changes in Khmer and Teochew in Cambodia and Beyond”, in Chia, Caroline, Hoogervorst, Tom, editors, Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 [Open Access])‎[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 104