ใย
Thai
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *jaɰᴬ⁴ (“fiber; filament”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨿᩱ , Khün ᨿᩱ, Lao ໃຍ (nyai), Lü ᦺᦍ (yay), Tai Dam ꪻꪥ, Tai Dón ꪻꪥ, Shan ယႂ်း (yáue), Tai Nüa ᥕᥬᥰ (yäue), Phake ယၞ် (yaü), Ahom 𑜊𑜧 (jʸaw).
The "concerned about" sense is a figurative semantic extension from the "web" sense, i.e. "to become entangled in a relational web with another" > "be concerned about".
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ใย au y | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | ไย ai y | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | yai |
| Royal Institute | yai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /jaj˧/(R) | |
| Homophones | ไย | |
Noun
ใย • (yai)
Verb
ใย • (yai)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ใย” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.