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อาย

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to be shy

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1v.

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 voices

ยิ้มแบบแรก คือยิ้มเวลาเขินอาย ตอบแบบไม่ถูก ไม่รู้จะพูดอะไร

The first kind is the smile when we're embarrassed, can't answer properly, and don't know what to say.

Pudzon · พระนครศรีอยุธยาfrom ยิ้มไว้ก่อน

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”).

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