ขี้
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Tai *C̬.qɯjꟲ (“excrement”); cognate with Northern Thai ᨡᩦ᩶, Lao ຂີ້ (khī), Lü ᦃᦲᧉ (ẋii²), Shan ၶီႈ (khīi), Ahom 𑜁𑜣 (khī), Zhuang haex, Saek ไกฺ. Compare Sui ggeex, Proto-Kra *kaiꟲ and Proto-Hlai *ɦaːjʔ (whence haːj³ in most modern lects). Compare also Proto-Austronesian *Caqi (whence Paiwan tsaqi, Malay tahi, Malagasy tay), Old Chinese 屎 (OC *[qʰ]ijʔ) (B-S).
Pronunciation edit
| Orthographic | ขี้ kʰ ī ˆ | |
| Phonemic | คี่ g ī ˋ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | kîi |
| Royal Institute | khi | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kʰiː˥˩/(R) | |
| Homophones | คี่ | |
Verb edit
ขี้ • (kîi) (abstract noun การขี้)
- (colloquial) to defecate; to have a bowel movement.
Synonyms edit
- ถ่ายท้อง
- ถ่ายทุกข์
- ถ่ายหนัก
- ถ่ายอุจจาระ
- ปลดทุกข์ (bplòt-túk)
- ไปทุ่ง
- ลงพระบังคน
- ลงพระบังคนหนัก
- ส่งทุกข์
- อึ (ʉ̀)
- อึ๊ (ʉ́)
- อุจจาระ (ùt-jaa-rá)
See also edit
- เยี่ยว (yîao, “to urinate”)
Noun edit
ขี้ • (kîi)
- (colloquial) faeces.
- (colloquial) any dirty substance, unwanted substance, or waste matter discharged from or found on the body, as scurf, snot, earwax, etc.
Synonyms edit
faeces
See also edit
- เยี่ยว (yîao, “urine”)
Particle edit
ขี้ • (kîi)
- (sometimes considered vulgar) used as a prefix to any word to form a noun, indicating the state of being a dirty substance, unwanted substance, or waste matter.
- (sometimes considered vulgar) used as a prefix to any word to form an adjective or adverb, indicating a tendency, propensity, habit, behaviour, or condition, especially an unfavourable one.