Alternate numbers Thai numerals
1 alternate numbers
1.1 ai
1.2 ek
1.3 et
1.4 tho
1.5 yi
1.6 tri & trai
1.7 chattawa
1.8 lo
1.9 yip
1.10 sao
1.11 kurut
1.12 kot
alternate numbers
ai
ai (thai: อ้าย) used first born (son) or first month, duean ai (เดือนอ้าย), of thai lunar calendar.
ek
ek (thai: เอก) pali ḗka, 1 ek used 1 (quantity); first (rank), more prominent tho โท second, in tone marks, education degrees , military ranks; , lead actor in role. in antiquity, seventh daughter called luk ek (ลูกเอก), though seventh son luk chet (ลูกเจ็ด).
et
et (thai: เอ็ด, cantonese: 一, yat; minnan: 一, it), meaning 1 , used last member in compound number (see main numbers section above).
tho
tho (thai: โท) pali dūā, 2 . tho used 2 , second-level rank in tone marks, education degrees , military ranks.
yi
yi (thai: ยี่, cantonese: 二, yi; minnan: 二, ji) still used in several places in thai language number two, apart song (สอง): construct twenty (two tens) , combinations twenty-one through twenty-nine; name second month, duean yi (เดือนยี่), of traditional thai lunar calendar; , in thai northern dialect thin pha yip (ถิ่น–พายัพ), refers year of tiger.
tri & trai
tri (ตรี) , trai (ไตร) sanskrit trāyaḥ, 3 . these alternatives used three; third rank in tone marks, education degrees , military ranks; , prefix meaning three(fold).
chattawa
chattawa (จัตวา) pali numeral four; used fourth tone mark , prefix meaning fourth in order or quadruple in number.
lo
lo (thai: โหล) means dozen or twelve. used trade. may mean jar or bottle.
yip
yip (thai: ยีบ or ยิบ) in colloquial thai elision or contraction of yi sip (ยี่สิบ) @ beginning of numbers twenty-one through twenty-nine. therefore, 1 may hear yip et (ยีบเอ็ด, ยิบเอ็ด), yip song (ยีบสอง, ยิบสอง), yip kao (ยีบเก้า, ยิบเก้า). yip may have long vowel (ยีบ) or elided further short vowel (ยิบ).
sao
sao (thai: ซาว) twenty in thai northern dialect , in isan language. xao (ຊາວ) word twenty in lao language.
kurut
kurut (thai: กุรุส) means dozen dozen or 144. used trade. loanword gross.
kot
kot (thai: โกฏิ) ten million used in religious context. comes pali/sanskrit kōṭi. see crore.
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