ปลี

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *pliːᴬ (“banana blossom”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨸᩖᩦ, Lao ປີ (pī), Shan ပီ (pǐi), Phake ပီ (pī). Sagart (2020) compared this word with Proto-Austronesian *punti (“banana”).

Pronunciation
Orthographicปลี
p l ī
Phonemic
ปฺลี
p ̥ l ī
RomanizationPaiboonbplii
Royal Institutepli
(standard) IPA(key)/pliː˧/(R)

Noun

ปลี • (bplii)

  1. banana blossom.
  2. flower cluster.
  3. (architecture) finial on top of a chedi
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