𑜁𑜣

Ahom

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *C̬.qɯjꟲ (“excrement”). Cognate with Thai ขี้ (kîi), Northern Thai ᨡᩦ᩶, Lao ຂີ້ (khī), Lü ᦃᦲᧉ (ẋii²), Shan ၶီႈ (khīi), Zhuang haex, Saek ไกฺ.

Noun

𑜁𑜣 (khī)

  1. dung, feces, excrement

Noun

𑜁𑜣 (khī)

  1. peacock

Noun

𑜁𑜣 (khī)

  1. distress, hardship, suffering

Etymology 4

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *kʰwiːᴮ (“to ride”), from Middle Chinese 騎 (MC gje, “to ride”).[1] Cognate with Thai ขี่ (kìi), Lao ຂີ່ (khī), Lü ᦃᦲᧈ (ẋii¹), Tai Dam ꪄꪲ꪿, Shan ၶီႇ (khìi), Zhuang gwih.

Verb

𑜁𑜣 (khī)

  1. to ride

References
  1. Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, pages 47–68.
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