อี

See also: , อึ, and อ.

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicอี
ɒ ī
RomanizationPaiboonii
Royal Institutei
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔiː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English e (the letter E/e).

Noun

อี • (ii)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.
See also

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

Noun

อี • (ii)

  1. (sometimes considered vulgar and offensive) used as a title for a female animal.
  2. (archaic, vulgar, derogatory and offensive) used as a term of address to or title for a female commoner.
  3. (vulgar, derogatory, offensive) used as a term of address to or title for a woman.
  4. (slang, vulgar, sometimes considered offensive) used as a familiar or affectionate term of address to or title for anyone.
  5. (slang, vulgar, sometimes considered derogatory and offensive) used as a term of address to or title for anyone or anything; used as a prefix by way of emphasis
  6. used as a title for certain traditional Thai games and postures in those games, such as อีเข่า, อีงุ้ม, อีตัก, etc.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Teochew (i) or Hokkien (i).

Pronoun

อี • (ii)

  1. (colloquial, used amongst Chinese people) a third person pronoun: he, she, it, they, etc.

Further reading

  • อี” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.