ตายลง

dtaai-long

Meaning

1VerbB1

[to] die; [to] pass away

to die; often used with animals or plants, or in narrative to mark a completed action. The particle ลงลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] get off (vehicle)3down; downstream4[to] put; apply; record5[to] decrease; go down6[to] land; alight7southward; down-country8[to] publish; post [sth] online shows completion; it is not more polite than ตายตายdtaai1[to] die; pass away2dead3[of devices] dead; not working4be doomed; be in big trouble (informal)5extremely; utterly (intensifier, informal).

Examples

สุนัขsù-nákสุนัขsù-nákdog (formal)ที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerเลี้ยงlíiangเลี้ยงlíiang1[to] raise; bring up2[to] keep (as a pet); rear3[to] feed4[to] support; maintain5[to] host; treatไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] set aside; reserve3for later; in reserve4[to] leave (something) as is5marks retention or maintenance of a state6[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)สิบsìpสิบsìp1ten2ten; unit of tenปีbpiiปีbpii1year2classifier: yearsได้dâaiได้dâai1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerตายลงdtaai-longตายลงdtaai-long[to] die; [to] pass awayแล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)
The dog we'd raised for ten years has died.
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ต้นไม้ใหญ่dtôn máai yàiหน้าบ้านnâa bâanค่อยๆkôi kôiเหี่ยวเฉาhìao chăoและláeตายลงdtaai longในที่สุดnai têe sùt
The big tree in front of the house gradually withered and finally died.
ในnaiนิยายní-yaaiเรื่องrʉ̂ʉangนี้níiตัวละครเอกdtuua-lá-kɔɔn-èekได้dâaiตายลงdtaai-longอย่างyàangน่าเศร้าnâa-sâoในnaiตอนจบdtɔɔn-jòp
In this novel, the main character dies tragically at the end.
หลังจากlăng jàakสิ้นสุดsîn sùtยุคทองyúk tongของkŏngอาณาจักรaa-naa-jàkอำนาจam-nâatของkŏngกษัตริย์gà-sàtก็gâwค่อยๆkôi kôiเสื่อมถอยsèuum tŏiและláeตายลงdtaai longไปbpaiพร้อมกับpróm gàpความรุ่งเรืองkwaam rûng reuungในอดีตnai à-dèet
After the end of the kingdom's golden age, the king's power gradually declined and died away along with its past glory.

Tones

See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.

2 syllables · pick one to see its rule

How the tone is decided

  1. Consonant classMid class
  2. Tone markNo tone mark
  3. Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ย, a sonorant, so it is live.

Mid class consonants

กจฎฏดตบปอ

Result

Mid tone

dtaai

Level, in your normal speaking voice.

Mid class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid

Tone chart

Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.

Mid classHigh classLow class
No mark + liveMidRisingMid
No mark + dead shortLowLowHigh
No mark + dead longLowLowFalling
Mai ekLowLowFalling
Mai thoFallingFallingHigh
Mai triHigh——
Mai chattawaRising——

Word Breakdown

ตายdtaaiตายdtaai1[to] die; pass away2dead3[of devices] dead; not working4be doomed; be in big trouble (informal)5extremely; utterly (intensifier, informal)[to] die; pass awayPart 1
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ลงlongลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] get off (vehicle)3down; downstream4[to] put; apply; record5[to] decrease; go down6[to] land; alight7southward; down-country8[to] publish; post [sth] online[to] go down; descendPart 2
ตายลงdtaai-longตายลงdtaai-long[to] die; [to] pass away[to] die; [to] pass awayWord

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