คุณยาย(kun yaai)
Meanings
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grandmother; respectful term for elderly woman
One's grandmother (maternal or paternal); also a respectful way to refer to or address an elderly woman (not necessarily related).
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไปเยี่ยมbpai yîiamไปเยี่ยมbpai yîiam1[to] visit [sb] (showing care)2[to] pay a visit (formal/polite)3[to] visit [a place] (inspect/attend)คุณยายkun yaaiคุณยายkun yaaigrandmother; respectful term for elderly womanที่บ้านtêe bâanที่บ้านtêe bâan1at home; at one’s residence2one’s family; people at home
Today I visit my grandmother at her house.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)
- grandmother (maternal)
- old woman (informal; can be rude)
แม่อุ๊ยmâe úiแม่อุ๊ยmâe úi1grandmother (N. Thai)2elderly woman (honorific, N. Thai)
- grandmother (N. Thai)
- elderly woman (honorific, N. Thai)
ยายเกล้าyaai glâoยายเกล้าyaai glâograndmother (term of address); elderly woman (respectful, regional)
grandmother (term of address); elderly woman (respectful, regional)
อาม่าaa-mâaอาม่าaa-mâa1paternal grandmother (in a family of Chinese descent)2an elderly woman (as a term of address)
- paternal grandmother (in a family of Chinese descent)
- an elderly woman (as a term of address)
Word Breakdown
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คุณยายkun yaaiคุณยายkun yaaigrandmother; respectful term for elderly woman