ไป่

See also: ไป and Appendix:Variations of "pai"

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *pajᴮ (not yet).[1]

Cognate with Lao ໄປ່ (pai), Northern Thai ᨸᩱ᩵, ᦺᦔᧈ (ṗay¹), Shan ပႆႇ (pài).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicไป่
ai p ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonbpài
Royal Institutepai
(standard) IPA(key)/paj˨˩/(R)

Adverb

ไป่ • (bpài)

  1. (poetic) used to express negation, denial, or refusal.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 361