เอาไว้(ao wái)

[to] keep [sth]; save [sth]; set [sth] aside (for later)

to keep or set something aside for later use; to save or store something; to leave something somewhere to use later

[to] leave [sth] for later; postpone

to defer doing something until a later time, often in expressions like เอาไว้ก่อน (‘leave it for now; we’ll do it later’)

purpose marker (‘for; in order to’)

used after another verb or noun to indicate purpose or intended later use, e.g., เก็บเงินเอาไว้ซื้อบ้าน ‘save money to buy a house’

[to] keep [sth] (in a given state)

to maintain something as it is, e.g., เอาไว้อย่างนั้นแหละ ‘keep it that way’