See also: กล้าย

Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicกลาย
k l ā y
Phonemic
กฺลาย
k ̥ l ā y
RomanizationPaiboonglaai
Royal Instituteklai
(standard) IPA(key)/klaːj˧/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

Cognate with Lao ກາຍ (kāi), ᦂᦻ (k̇aay), Tai Nüa ᥐᥣᥭᥰ (käay), Shan ၵၢႆ (kǎai). Compare Khmer ក្លាយ (klaay), Mon ကၠဲာ, Vietnamese trái.

Verb edit

กลาย (glaai) (abstract noun การกลาย)

  1. (transitive) to change; to transform; to turn.
  2. (intransitive) to change, transform, turn, or grow (into, to be, etc); to become.
  3. (intransitive) to turn out (that, to be, etc).
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Tai *klaːjᴬ (last (year)). Cognate with Lao ກາຍ (kāi), Shan ၵၢႆ (kǎai).

Adjective edit

กลาย (glaai)

  1. (of a year) last; past; previous.