ดาย

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicดาย
ɗ ā y
RomanizationPaiboondaai
Royal Institutedai
(standard) IPA(key)/daːj˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɓlaːjᴬ (“to weed”).[1]

Cognate with Zhuang ndai, Nong Zhuang ndai, Tày bjai.

Verb

ดาย • (daai) (abstract noun การดาย)

  1. to weed; to mow.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *ɗwɤːjᴬ (“idle; free”).[2]

Cognate with Zhuang ndaij (“idle”) (dialectal).

Adjective

ดาย • (daai) (abstract noun ความดาย)

  1. free; alone; vacant; all by oneself

Adverb

ดาย • (daai) (abstract noun ความดาย)

  1. lonely
  2. with reckless abandon; indiscriminately

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 354
  2. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[2], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 346
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