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glaai

Meanings

1NounB1

[to] become; turn into; transform (into)

to change state or character and become something else, often used with เป็นเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressions, เป็นว่า, or มาเป็นมาเป็นmaa bpen1[to] become; serve as2[to] come in (a form/quantity)3for (a duration) up to now

Examples

จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)เพื่อนสนิทpêuuan sà-nìtเพื่อนสนิทpêuuan sà-nìtclose friend; best friendเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillกลายเป็นglaai bpenกลายเป็นglaai bpen1[to] become; turn into [sth]2[to] turn out (to be) [sth/that]คนแปลกหน้าkon bplàek nâaคนแปลกหน้าkon bplàek nâastrangerในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]ไม่นานmâi naanไม่นานmâi naan1soon; shortly2briefly; not for long3recently; not long ago
From a close friend, he became a stranger in no time.
2NounB2

[to] mutate; transmute

to change form or nature in a marked way (scientific or figurative use)

Examples

เมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)อากาศเย็นaa-gàat yenอากาศเย็นaa-gàat yencool weatherลงlongลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] put; apply; record3[to] decrease; go down4[to] land; alight5down; downstream6downstream; southbound7[to] get off (vehicle)น้ำค้างnám káangน้ำค้างnám káangdewกลายเป็นglaai bpenกลายเป็นglaai bpen1[to] become; turn into [sth]2[to] turn out (to be) [sth/that]น้ำแข็งnáam kăengน้ำแข็งnáam kăeng1ice2ice cube(s)บางๆbaang baangบางๆbaang baang1thin; fine (not thick)2thinly; in a thin layer3slight; faint; subtle4slightly; faintlyบนbonบนbon1on; upon2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)ใบหญ้าbai yâaใบหญ้าbai yâablade of grass
When the air gets colder, dew turns into a thin layer of ice on the grass.

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