Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1v.
be ashamedlexitron
2v.
be pale from shame; suffer shame; be embarrassedlexitron
3n.
smell; odorwiktionary
4v.
to be shywiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesยิ้มแบบแรกคือยิ้มเวลาเขินอาย
The first kind is the smile of shyness,
ตอนนั้นรู้สึกอาย
I felt embarrassed.
Built from
Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ʔaːjᴬ³ (“shy, embarrasesd”) (Jonsson, 1991). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩋᩣ᩠ᨿ, Khün ᩋᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ອາຍ (ʼāi), Lü ᦀᦻ (˙ʼaay), Tai Dam ꪮꪱꪥ, Shan ဢၢႆ (ʼǎai), Tai Nüa ᥟᥣᥭ (ʼaay), Ahom 𑜒𑜩 (ʼay). Changed from ไอ (ai, “vapor”).