Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *haɰꟲ (to give), from Middle Chinese (MC xjoX, “to allow”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉᩨ᩶, Lao ໃຫ້ (hai), ᦠᦹᧉ (ḣue²), Tai Dam ꪻꪬ꫁, Shan ႁႂ်ႈ (hāue), Tai Nüa ᥞᥬᥲ (hàue) or ᥞᥫᥲ (hòe), Khamti ꩭႂ်ႛ, Aiton ꩭၞ် (haü), Phake ꩭၞ် (haü), Ahom 𑜑𑜧 (haw), Bouyei haec, Zhuang hawj.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicให้
au h ˆ
Phonemic
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ai ɦ ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonhâi
Royal Institutehai
(standard) IPA(key)/haj˥˩/(R)
Homophonesไห้

Verb

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ให้ (hâi) (abstract noun การให้)

  1. to give; to grant.
  2. (law) to gratuitously give; to donate.
  3. to allow; to permit.
  4. (auxiliary, causative) used to express a permission, requirement, command, expectation, or wish.

Noun

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ให้ (hâi)

  1. (law) gratuitous gift; donation.

Preposition

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ให้ (hâi)

  1. to; for; that, so that; to the point of, to the extent of, to the degree of, until; in a manner that (is).
    ไปให้พ้น
    bpai hâi pón
    Be gone!
    (literally) Go to the point of [being] gone.
    ทำให้ดี
    tam hâi dii
    To do [something] well.
    (literally) To do to the point of [being] good; to do so that [it be] good; to do in a good manner.
    ตีให้ตาย
    dtii hâi dtaai
    To beat to death.
    (literally) to beat to the point of dying; to beat until dying; to beat [someone] until [he] dies; to beat [someone] so that [he] dies.
  2. for, for the sake of, or on behalf of (someone).
    ทำให้หน่อย
    tam hâi nɔ̀i
    Do this for [me] please.
    เขาทำให้
    kǎo tam hâi
    He did it for [me].
    ใครทำให้
    krai tam hâi
    Who did it for [you]?