อย่างเดียวดาย(yàang diao daai)
Meanings
1AdverbB2
alone; all alone; by oneself
with no companions or company; by oneself
Examples
คุณยายkun yaaiคุณยายkun yaaigrandmother; respectful term for elderly womanอาศัยอยู่aa-săi yòoอาศัยอยู่aa-săi yòo[to] live; reside; dwell; inhabitในบ้านnai bâanในบ้านnai bâan1indoors; inside the house2domestic; at-home (modifier)หลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)ใหญ่yàiใหญ่yài1big; large2major; important3elder; senior4generous; magnanimous (figurative)ริมน้ำrim námริมน้ำrim nám1waterside; riverbank; waterfront2by the water; at the waterfront (locative use)อย่างเดียวดายyàang diao daaiอย่างเดียวดายyàang diao daai1alone; all alone; by oneself2in loneliness; in solitude
The grandmother lives by herself in a large house by the water.
2AdverbB2
in loneliness; in solitude
in a state of emotional isolation or loneliness
Examples
ถึงจะtĕung jàถึงจะtĕung jà1only if; only when; not until2even if; even though; although (often with ก็)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainท่ามกลางtâam glaangท่ามกลางtâam glaang1amid; among2amid (situations)ผู้คนมากมายpôo kon mâak maaiผู้คนมากมายpôo kon mâak maaimany people; a crowdแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)รู้สึกrúu-sèukรู้สึกrúu-sèuk1[to] feel; sense2[to] feel (linking verb use)3[to] feel that…; think (impression/opinion)อย่างเดียวดายyàang diao daaiอย่างเดียวดายyàang diao daai1alone; all alone; by oneself2in loneliness; in solitude
Even when surrounded by many people, he still feels lonely.
Related Words
Word Breakdown
อย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3in the manner of; -ly4classifier (for kinds/types)Part 1
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อย่างเดียวดายyàang diao daaiอย่างเดียวดายyàang diao daaialone; all alone; by oneself