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dâaiverb

get

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1v.

to get; obtain; receive; gain; acquire; attaincurated

2v.

used after a verb to indicate that the action can be or has been donewiktionary

3v.

used before a verb to indicate that one has done or has had the opportunity to do the actionwiktionary

4interj.

used to express emotions or attitudes including acceptance, agreement, permission, anger, reproof, or resignationwiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

Built from

From Proto-Tai *ɗajꟲ (“to obtain”). Cognate with Lao ໄດ້ (dai), Northern Thai ᨯᩱ᩶, Lü ᦺᦡᧉ (ḋay²), Shan လႆႈ (lāi), Tai Dam ꪼꪒ꫁, Zhuang ndaej. Compare Sui qdyais (“to get, to obtain”), Southern Kam lis (“to get”), Proto-Hlai *ɗɯː (“to get”). Simpson (2001) suggests that it ultimately comes from the Middle Chinese 得 (MC tok), which was used to mean "can" at the end of a sentence, as in Thai.

Words built from it

ได้ inside longer words
อยากได้รางวัลชนะเลิศ[I] want to get the first prize.ได้ไปพูดกับเขาแล้ว แต่เขาไม่ฟังI've already talked to them, but they didn't listen.ถ้าได้เป็นคนดังก็คงจะดีIf I could be a famous person, it would be great.ฝนตกหนักแบบนี้ ขี่มอไซค์ออกไปได้เหรอCan you really ride a motorcycle in heavy rain like this?

A note on usage

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