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Adjective edit

ตาย

  1. (demonstrative) Thai script form of tāya, which is genitive/dative/instrumental/ablative/locative singular feminine of (ta, that)

Pronoun edit

ตาย f

  1. (demonstrative) Thai script form of tāya, which is genitive/dative/instrumental/ablative/locative singular of ตา (, her)

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *taːjᴬ² (to die), from Proto-Tai *p.taːjᴬ (to die). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຕາຍ (tāi), ᦎᦻ (ṫaay), Tai Dam ꪔꪱꪥ, Tai Dón ꪔꪱꪥ, Tai Daeng ꪔꪱꪥ, Shan တၢႆ (tǎai), Tai Nüa ᥖᥣᥭ (taay), Khamti တၢဲႈ, Phake တႝ (tay), Ahom 𑜄𑜩 (tay), Zhuang dai, Zuojiang Zhuang tai or hai. Compare Proto-Be *ɗaːjᴬ¹, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atay (death).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicตาย
t ā y
RomanizationPaiboondtaai
Royal Institutetai
(standard) IPA(key)/taːj˧/(R)

Verb edit

ตาย (dtaai) (abstract noun การตาย or ความตาย)

  1. to die: to cease to live; to be or become dead.
  2. (of a machine, bodily organ, etc) to die: to stop; to cease to function.

Adverb edit

ตาย (dtaai)

  1. (slang, sometimes sarcastic) to death: to a great degree, to excess.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*aCay”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary