ສີ່

See also: ສໍ, ສູ່, ສ, and ສີ

Lao

Lao cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ສີ່ (sī)
    Ordinal : ທີ່ສີ່ (thī sī)

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ (“four”), from Middle Chinese 四 (MC sijH, “four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”). Cognate with Thai สี่ (sìi), Northern Thai ᩈᩦ᩵, Lü ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii¹), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Shan သီႇ (sìi), Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (sǐ), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī), Bouyei sis, Zhuang seiq.

Pronunciation

  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [siː˧]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [siː˧˨]
  • Hyphenation: ສີ່
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Homophone: ຊີ່ (sī)

Numeral

ສີ່ • (sī)

  1. four

Coordinate terms

See also

Playing cards in Lao · ໄພ້ (phai) (layout · text)
ແອສ (ʼǣt) ຫຼື

ໜຶ່ງ (nưng), ໑ (1)

ສອງ (sǭng), ໒ (2) ສາມ (sām), ໓ (3) ສີ່ (sī), ໔ (4) ຫ້າ (hā), ໕ (5) ຫົກ (hok), ໖ (6) ເຈັດ (chet), ໗ (7)
ແປດ (pǣt), ໘ (8) ເກົ້າ (kao), ໙ (9) ສິບ (sip), ໑໐ (10) ແຈັກ (chæk) ຄວີນ (kha wīn) ຄິງ (khing) ໂຈກເກີ (chōk kœ̄), ໂຈກ (chōk)
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