Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedline; cord; wire; rope; stringwiktionary
late (in the morning)wiktionary
late morningwiktionary
route; line (of transport)curated
type; field; faction; someone into a certain thingwiktionary
connection; tiewiktionary
telephone linewiktionary
classifier for roads, wires, rivers, and stringy thingswiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesและมีทางรถไฟเก่าสายหนึ่ง
And there's an old railway line.
เร็วไปนิด แต่ก็ดีกว่าสาย
A little early — but better than late.
คนจึงเรียกมันว่าสายมรณะ
That's why people call it the Death Railway.
ฉันโตมากับแม่น้ำสายนี้
I grew up with this river.
แม่น้ำสายเล็กๆ น้ำใส
A small river, clear water.
Built from
From Proto-Tai *saːjᴬ (“cord; string”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ສາຍ (sāi), Lü ᦉᦻ (ṡaay), Tai Dam ꪎꪱꪥ, Tai Dón ꪎꪱꪥ, Tai Daeng ꪎꪱꪥ, Shan သၢႆ (sǎai), Tai Nüa ᥔᥣᥭᥴ (sáay), Aiton ꩬ︀ႝ (say), Phake ꩬ︀ႝ (say), Ahom 𑜏𑜩 (say), Zhuang sai, Zuojiang Zhuang sai.