Dictionary entry
สี
sǐiverb
color
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1n.
color; hue; shadecurated
2adj.
coloredwiktionary
3v.
to grind; to mill (esp. rice)curated
4v.
to rub; to saw; to bow (a stringed instrument)wiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesโต๊ะทำงาน IKEA สีขาว ที่ประกอบเองสามชั่วโมง
An IKEA desk in white that took me three hours to assemble.
Jiji · สระบุรีfrom คอนโดเล็กๆ →
Built from
Possibly from Middle Chinese 色 (MC srik) which /-k/ is lost. Cognate with Lao ສີ (sī), Lü ᦉᦲ (ṡii), Shan သီ (sǐi), Northern Thai ᩈᩦ. Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *siːᴬ¹ (“to rub”) (Jonsson, 1991). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩦ, Lao ສີ (sī), Lü ᦉᦲ (ṡii), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ, Shan သီ (sǐi), Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥴ (sí), Phake ꩬ︀ီ (sī), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī). See the entry below.
A note on usage
กะเทาะเปลือกออกด้วยเครื่องสี