หมี

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicหมี
h m ī
Phonemic
หฺมี
h ̥ m ī
RomanizationPaiboonmǐi
Royal Institutemi
(standard) IPA(key)/miː˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʰmwɯjᴬ (bear). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩦ, Lao ໝີ (), ᦖᦲ (ṁii), Tai Dam ꪢꪲ, Shan မီ (mǐi), Ahom 𑜉𑜣 (), Zhuang mui, Nong Zhuang mue, Bouyei moil. Compare Proto-Austronesian *Cumay (bear) (whence Paiwan cumay). Old Chinese (OC *meʔ) was probably borrowed from a Kra-Dai language.

Noun

หมี (mǐi) (classifier ตัว)

  1. bear: a member of the family Ursidae.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adverb

หมี (mǐi)

  1. Obsolete form of มิ ().

Etymology 3

Corrupted from หี (hǐi).

Noun

หมี (mǐi)

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of หี (hǐi)