ទៀ

Khmer

Etymology

Borrowed from Teochew 爹 (dia1).[1] Compare Thai เตี่ย (dtìia) and Vietnamese tía.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ទៀ
dia
WT romanisation tiə
(standard) IPA(key) /tiə/

Noun

ទៀ • (tiə)

  1. father (used as a term of address by Chinese and Sino-Cambodian people)

References

  1. ^ Joanna Rose McFarland (2021), “Chapter 3: Language Contact and Lexical Changes in Khmer and Teochew in Cambodia and Beyond”, in Caroline Chia, Tom Hoogervorst, editors, Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 [Open Access])‎[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 104
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