ดาย(daai)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] weed; clear weeds

[agriculture] to remove weeds from a field, garden, or area

Examples

คุณตาkun dtaaคุณตาkun dtaa1grandfather (maternal)2polite old man (address)กำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1power; strength2power; force (physics)3troops; forces4currently; in the middle ofดายหญ้าdaai yâaดายหญ้าdaai yâa[to] weed; [to] clear grassในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)สวนผักsŭuan pàkสวนผักsŭuan pàkvegetable garden; vegetable patch
Grandpa is weeding the vegetable garden.
2VerbB2

[to] clear/cut back vegetation

to cut, clear, or thin out overgrown plants so the area is open (broader than just removing weeds)

Examples

ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ช่วยกันchûuai ganช่วยกันchûuai gan1[to] help each other; cooperate2[to] do jointly; pitch in togetherดายหญ้าdaai yâaดายหญ้าdaai yâa[to] weed; [to] clear grassที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appearรกrókรกrók1messy; cluttered2overgrown; weedy3annoying; in the way4placentaตามdtaamตามdtaam1[to] follow; go after2[to] comply with; abide by; obey3according to; in accordance with4along; along (a path); following (direction)5after; behind; in pursuit of6as; in the capacity of (ตามที่/ตามฐานะ)สองsŏngสองsŏng1two; 22secondข้างทางkâang taangข้างทางkâang taang1roadside/wayside2by the road/along the way3roadside (as a modifier)
The villagers helped clear the overgrown grass along both sides of the road.
3AdverbC1

alone; by oneself (dialectal/poetic)

alone; by oneself (literary/archaic or dialectal in Thai; rare in standard usage)

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillนั่งnângนั่งnâng1[to] sit; sit down2[to] take; ride [sth] (vehicle)กินข้าวgin kâaoกินข้าวgin kâao1[to] have a meal; eat (general)2[to] eat rice (literal)3[to] dine; go eat togetherอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainคนเดียวkon diiaoคนเดียวkon diiao1alone; by oneself; unaccompanied2only one person; soleอย่างเดียวดายyàang diao daaiอย่างเดียวดายyàang diao daai1alone; all alone; by oneself2in loneliness; in solitudeในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ห้องhôngห้องhông1room2classifier: roomsกว้างgwâangกว้างgwâang1spacious; roomy2extensive; wide-ranging; broad in scope3wide; broad
He sat eating alone and forlorn in the spacious room.

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