ទី

See also: ទ, ទូ, ទៅ, ទះ, ទា, and ទេ

Khmer

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ទី
dī
WT romanisation tii
(standard) IPA(key) /tiː/

Etymology 1

From Chinese 第 (dì, ordinal number marker). Compare Thai ที่ (tîi).

Particle

ទី • (tii)

  1. marker for ordinal numbers
    ទី១  ―  tii muəy  ―  first
    ទី២  ―  tii pii  ―  second

Etymology 2

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From Chinese 的 (dì, “nominalizing particle”). Compare Thai ที่ (tîi).

Particle

ទី • (tii)

  1. nominalizer for forming compound nouns with the general meaning of "that which is worthy of" the sense of the verb; or "that which is the object of" the sense of the verb.
    ទីពឹង  ―  tii pɨng  ―  someone or something upon which one can depend
    ទីសំអប់  ―  tii sɑmʼɑp  ―  object of hatred

Etymology 3

Compare Thai ที่ (tîi).

Noun

ទី • (tii)

  1. location, place, spot, point
  2. rank, goal
Derived terms

Noun

ទី • (tii)

  1. kind of kettle

Proper noun

ទី • (tii)

  1. Ti, a surname
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