หมี

See also: หมี่, หมู, and หมู่

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		หมี h m ī
Phonemic		หฺมี h ̥ m ī
Romanization	Paiboon	mǐi
	Royal Institute	mi
(standard) IPA(key)		/miː˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʰmwɯjᴬ (“bear”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩦ, Lao ໝີ (mī), Lü ᦖᦲ (ṁii), Tai Dam ꪢꪲ, Shan မီ (mǐi), Ahom 𑜉𑜣 (mī), Zhuang mui, Nong Zhuang mue, Bouyei moil. Compare Proto-Austronesian *Cumay (“bear”) (whence Paiwan cumay). Old Chinese 羋 (OC *meʔ) was probably borrowed from a Kra-Dai language.

Noun

หมี • (mǐi) (classifier ตัว)

1. bear: a member of the family Ursidae.

Derived terms

• หมีขั้วโลก (mǐi-kûua-lôok)

Etymology 2

Adverb

หมี • (mǐi)

1. obsolete form of มิ (mí)

Etymology 3

Corrupted from หี (hǐi).

Noun

หมี • (mǐi)

1. (colloquial) deliberate misspelling of หี (hǐi)