บาย

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Southern Thai

Adverb

บาย (transliteration needed)

  1. well (in health); happy; comfortable.
  2. (of a place) comfortable.

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicบาย
ɓ ā y
RomanizationPaiboonbaai
Royal Institutebai
(standard) IPA(key)/baːj˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Old Khmer paai (“rice”).

Noun

บาย • (baai)

  1. rice
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English bye (“phantom opponent”).

Verb

บาย • (baai)

  1. (colloquial) to withdraw from a competition
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From English bye (“farewell; to farewell”).

Alternative forms

Interjection

บาย • (baai)

  1. (childish) bye

Verb

บาย • (baai)

  1. (colloquial, childish) to say goodbye
  2. (colloquial) to not involve in some situation
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