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อยู่

yùu

be; stay

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1v.

to be at, in, or on a place or in a conditionwiktionary

2v.

to dwell; live; reside; remain; staywiktionary

3adv.

indicates that an action is ongoing or a condition continues; stillwiktionary

Less common senses (2)
4adv.

successfully; capablywiktionary

5adv.

somewhat; somehow; in a way; not quite; quitewiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

แต่เพื่อนคนนี้ยังโพสต์รูปเขาอยู่เรื่อยๆ

But this friend still posts photos of him.

Jiji · สระบุรีfrom คนเก่า

Built from

From Proto-Tai *ˀjuːᴮ (“to be (in a place)”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩀᩪ᩵, Lao ຢູ່ (yū), Lü ᦊᦴᧈ (ẏuu¹), Tai Dam ꪤꪴ꪿, Shan ယူႇ (yùu), Ahom 𑜊𑜥 (jʸū), Bouyei qyus, Zhuang youq.

Words built from it

อยู่ inside longer words
กินอยู่[I'm] eating.กินได้อยู่still edibleเดินอยู่[I'm] walking.เอาอยู่to handle something successfullyดีอยู่sort of goodได้อยู่somewhat permissible; somewhat okayเธออยู่ไหนWhere are you? / Where is he/she?ฉันอยู่นี่I am hereไปอยู่ไหนมาWhere have [you] been?ฉันอยู่บ้านหลังนี้I live in this house.โลกนี้อยู่ยาก[It's] hard to live [in] this world.อยู่นานไม่ได้[I] can't stay long.