ด้วย

Thai

Alternative forms

  • ดวย (duai) — obsolete

Etymology

Li (1977) reconstructed Proto-Tai *ʔduəi(?)ꟲ¹[1] while saying about the part of the vowels, "Proto-Tai *uəi(?). Sometimes Siamese uai corresponds to Lungchow uui, but to Po-ai ii. The Proto-Tai reconstruction is uncertain."[2]

Cognate with Lao ດ້ວຍ (duāi), Northern Thai ᨴ᩠ᩅ᩠ᨿ, Lü ᦑᦽ (toy).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicด้วย
ɗ ˆ w y
RomanizationPaiboondûai
Royal Instituteduai
(standard) IPA(key)/dua̯j˥˩/(R)

Conjunction

ด้วย • (dûai)

  1. (formal) because; as; since.

Adverb

ด้วย • (dûai)

  1. also; as well; too.
  2. used at the end of an expression to indicate an appeal, request, or requirement.

Preposition

ด้วย • (dûai)

  1. with; together with; along with.

See also

References

  1. ^ Li, Fangkuei (1977) A Handbook of Comparative Tai, University of Hawaii Press, page 107, 109, 295, 296
  2. ^ Li, Fangkuei (1977) A Handbook of Comparative Tai, University of Hawaii Press, page 295
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