ปลี
Thai
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *pliːᴬ (“banana blossom”).[1]
Cognate with Northern Thai ᨸᩖᩦ, Lao ປີ (pī), Shan ပီ (pǐi), Phake ပ︀ီ (pī), Zhuang be (“classifier for a banana”) (dialectal) and vi (ditto) (dialectal).
Sagart (2020) compared this word with Proto-Austronesian *punti (“banana”).[2]
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ปลี p l ī | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | ปฺลี p ̥ l ī | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | bplii |
| Royal Institute | pli | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /pliː˧/(R) | |
Noun
ปลี • (bplii)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009), The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 330
- ^ Sagart, Laurent (2020) "Southern Austronesian Lexical Innovation" In Hypotheses – Academic blog
Further reading
- “ปลี” 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.