ທີ່

See also: ທ

Lao

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *diːᴮ. Cognate with Thai ที่ (tîi), Lü ᦑᦲᧈ (tii¹), Shan တီႈ (tīi), Ahom 𑜄𑜣 (tī). Outside Tai-Kadai: compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *tiʔ ~ tiiʔ ~ tiəʔ (“that yonder”), Mon တေံ (teʔ, “that”), Khmer ទី (tii), Vietnamese thì (“then, which, to be”).

Pronunciation
  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [tʰiː˧]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [tʰiː˧˨]
  • Hyphenation: ທີ່
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ທີ່ • (thī)

  1. place, site, region, area

Derived terms
  • ທີ່ດິນ (thī din)
  • ເນື້ອທີ່ (nư̄a thī)
  • ແຜນທີ່ (phǣn thī)
  • ພື້ນທີ່ (phư̄n thī)
  • ໜ້າທີ່ (nā thī)

Preposition

ທີ່ • (thī)

  1. in
  2. at
  3. on

Particle

ທີ່ • (thī)

  1. (relative) used to link noun with adjective, or verb with subordinate clause
  2. used to form ordinal number from cardinal number

Synonyms
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