โดยนัย(dooy nai)
Meanings
1AdverbC1
implicitly; by implication; indirectly
in a way that is understood without being stated directly; tacitly (often in formal or legal contexts)
Examples
แม้máeแม้máe1even2even; even if; althoughสัญญาsăn-yaaสัญญาsăn-yaa1promise; vow; pledge2contract; agreement3[to] promise; pledge; vow4[to] contract (legally)5perception (Buddhism)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)ระบุrá-bùระบุrá-bù1[to] specify; state explicitly2[to] identify; pinpointไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ทั้งtángทั้งtáng1whole; entire2all3both4altogether; entirely5even; as many/much asสองsŏngสองsŏng1two; 22secondฝ่ายfàaiฝ่ายfàai1side; party; faction2department; section; division3(classifier) party/side; department4on the part of; from the side ofก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerยอมรับyom rápยอมรับyom ráp1[to] accept; consent to2[to] admit; acknowledge3[to] recognize; concede (merit/validity)เงื่อนไขngêuuan kăiเงื่อนไขngêuuan kăi1condition; requirement2terms; provisions3constraint; limitationนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)โดยนัยdooy naiโดยนัยdooy nai1implicitly; by implication; indirectly2implicit; implied; tacit
Although the contract doesn't state it, both parties tacitly accepted this condition.
2AdjectiveC1
implicit; implied; tacit
suggested or understood from context rather than expressed directly
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillบอกว่าbòk wâaบอกว่าbòk wâa1[to] say/tell that; report/declare that2[of text/sign] say/indicate thatเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเหนื่อยnèuayเหนื่อยnèuay1tired; exhausted2[to] get tired; become tired3tiring; exhausting4hard; laborious; exhausting (informal)ซึ่งsêungซึ่งsêung1which; that (relative pronoun)2which/and this; introducing explanationโดยนัยdooy naiโดยนัยdooy nai1implicitly; by implication; indirectly2implicit; implied; tacitก็คือgâw keuก็คือgâw keuthat is; namelyเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)อยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)
He said he was tired, which by implication meant he didn't want to go with us.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
เป็นนัยbpen naiเป็นนัยbpen naiimplicitly; indirectly; by implication
implicitly; indirectly; by implication
ทางอ้อมtaang ômทางอ้อมtaang ôm1indirectly2indirect way; roundabout route3indirect
- indirectly
- indirect way; roundabout route
- indirect
โดยปริยายdooy bpa-ri-yaaiโดยปริยายdooy bpa-ri-yaai1indirectly; implicitly; by implication2by extension; in a derived sense3figuratively; non‑literally4as a matter of course; as an indirect consequence
- indirectly; implicitly; by implication
- by extension; in a derived sense
- figuratively; non‑literally
- as a matter of course; as an indirect consequence
ไปในตัวbpai nai dtuuaไปในตัวbpai nai dtuua1at the same time; as a side benefit2implicitly; inherently
- at the same time; as a side benefit
- implicitly; inherently
แอบแฝงàep făengแอบแฝงàep făeng1[to] hide; lurk; infiltrate; be concealed2covert; hidden; implicit
- [to] hide; lurk; infiltrate; be concealed
- covert; hidden; implicit
Word Breakdown
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โดยนัยdooy naiโดยนัยdooy naiimplicitly; by implication; indirectly