ที่
Appearance
Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Tai *diːᴮ, possibly from Middle Chinese 地 (MC dijH).[1] Cognate with Lao ທີ່ (thī), Northern Thai ᨴᩦ᩵, Lü ᦑᦲᧈ (tii¹), Tai Dam ꪕꪲ꪿, Tai Dón ꪕꪲꫀ, Shan တီႈ (tīi), Tai Nüa ᥖᥤ (ti), Phake တီ (tī), Ahom 𑜄𑜣 (tī), Zhuang deih, Zuojiang Zhuang thi. 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”). Compare Malay di.
Pronunciation
[edit]Orthographic/Phonemic | ที่ d ī ˋ | |
Romanization | Paiboon | tîi |
Royal Institute | thi | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /tʰiː˥˩/(R) |
Preposition
[edit]ที่ • (tîi)
Pronoun
[edit]ที่ • (tîi)
- that; which; that which; who; whom.
- ลูกคนที่สาม
- lûuk kon tîi sǎam
- the third child.
- เขาเป็นคนที่จ่าย
- kǎo bpen kon tîi jàai
- He is the one who paid.
- ขอโทษที่เป็นแบบนี้
- kɔ̌ɔ-tôot tîi bpen bɛ̀ɛp níi
- I'm sorry for being like this.
- เราดีใจที่หน้าร้อนผ่านไปแล้ว
- rao dii-jai tîi nâa rɔ́ɔn pàan bpai lɛ́ɛo
- We're pleased (that) the hot season is over.
- ร่ำลาเจ้าของที่ห่วงใย แล้วมุ่งหน้าเข้าสู่หมู่บ้าน
- râm-laa jâo-kɔ̌ɔng tîi hùuang-yai · lɛ́ɛo mûng-nâa kâo sùu mùu-bâan
- After bidding farewell to the worried owner, it headed towards the village.
- ลูกคนที่สาม
- where; when.
Prefix
[edit]ที่
- (creating a noun from a verb) the person who.
- (creating a noun from a verb) an object pertaining to which; that which; an object for; for the purpose of; equipment or gear for a purpose.
- (creating a noun from a verb) a concept or idea pertaining to which.
- (creating a noun from a verb) a place or location pertaining to which; a place to do something.
- (creating a noun from a verb) an event, time, duration, or occurrence pertaining to which.
- used with cardinal numbers to create ordinals. (Compare Chinese 第 (dì).)
- used to indicate comparisons or ordering.
Particle
[edit]ที่ • (tîi)
- placed after an adjective to indicate that it applies particularly and specifically to its preceding noun. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- used in the pattern “เป็น (bpen) + ที่ + verb” to make an adjective from a verb.
Noun
[edit]ที่ • (tîi)
See also
[edit]- แห่ง (hɛ̀ng)
Classifier
[edit]ที่ • (tîi)
- Classifier for places, locations, servings. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
See also
[edit]- แห่ง (hɛ̀ng)