Thai

Morpheme

Thai

Type

free base

Denotation

person, human, inhabitant of modern country in Southeast Asia

Etymology

Thai ไทย (romanization tai); Proto-Tai *taːj

Evidence

Thai, Thailand, Thailandish

Notes

orthographic convention of <th> to represent aspirated [th] in [thaj˧]
homophone of Tai and Tie

Doublet

Tai, Dai