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glaaiverb

turn into; transform into; become

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Meaningsevery sense kept, sourced — never invented

1v.

change tolexitron

2v.

turn into; transform into; becomelexitron

3adj.

last; past; previouswiktionary

4v.

to change; to transform; to turn(transitive)wiktionary

5v.

to change, transform, turn, or grow (into, to be, etc); to become(intransitive)wiktionary

6v.

to turn out (that, to be, etc)(intransitive)wiktionary

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Cognate with Lao ກາຍ (kāi), Lü ᦂᦻ (k̇aay), Tai Nüa ᥐᥣᥭᥰ (käay), Shan ၵၢႆ (kǎai). Compare Old Chinese 改 (OC *klɯːʔ), Khmer ក្លាយ (klaay), Mon ကၠဲာ, Vietnamese trái. From Proto-Tai *klaːjᴬ (“last (year)”). Cognate with Lao ກາຍ (kāi), Shan ၵၢႆ (kǎai), Zhuang gyai.

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ครุฑจึงอุ้มนางบินกลับไปวิมานฉิมพลีกลายเพศเป็นเทพบุตรThe garuda, carrying her [in his arms], then flew back to [his] cotton castle, [where he] transformed [his own] appearance into a deity.ผู้ดีกลายเปนไพร่ ๆ กลายเปนผู้ดีถึง ๗ ครั้งใน ๙๐ ปีนั้นGentry turned into peasantry [and] peasantry turned into gentry on as many as seven occasions during those ninety years.ฤดูหนาวก็กลายเปนฤดูร้อน ฤดูร้อนก็กลายเปนฤดูหนาวSo the cold season turns to be a hot season [and] the hot season then turns to be a cold season.ถ้าลงในด้านหลัง จะกลายเป็นสลักหลังIf [the signature] is affixed to the rear side [of the bill, it] would turn to be an endorsement.นึกว่า ปฏิวัติแล้วจะทำอะไรที่ฉลาด ๆ แต่กลายเป็นว่า ก็โง่จนถึงทุกวันนี้[I] thought that [they] would do anything wise[r after they] had carried out the coup, but [it] turns out to be that [they] remain stupid up to these days.