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 (khii)

  1. dung, feces, excrement

Etymology 2

Noun

𑜁𑜣 (khii)

  1. peacock

Etymology 3

Noun

𑜁𑜣 (khii)

  1. distress, hardship, suffering

Etymology 4

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

Verb

𑜁𑜣 (khii)

  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 0859-9920, pages 47–68.
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