Dictionary entry
ตาย
die
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedto die; cease to live, function, or movewiktionary
dead; numb; without sensation; lacking sensitivity; no longer functioning or movingwiktionary
to break down; be out of orderlexitron
to render deadwiktionary
to death; until deathwiktionary
to death; to a great or excessive degreewiktionary
Less common senses (1)
killing; slayingwiktionary
Built from
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *taːjᴬ² (“to die”), from Proto-Tai *p.taːjᴬ (“to die”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຕາຍ (tāi), Lü ᦎᦻ (ṫaay), Tai Dam ꪔꪱꪥ, Tai Dón ꪔꪱꪥ, Tai Daeng ꪔꪱꪥ, Shan တၢႆ (tǎai), Tai Nüa ᥖᥣᥭ (taay), Khamti တ︀ၢဲႈ, Phake တ︀ႝ (tay), Ahom 𑜄𑜩 (tay), Zhuang dai, Zuojiang Zhuang tai or hai. Compare Proto-Be *ɗaːjᴬ¹, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay (“to die”).
A note on usage
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