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kâi

Meanings

1VerbB1

to cross; to interlace

to place or arrange something so that parts lie across one another, forming an X or crisscross pattern (e.g., arms, legs, lines)

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offนั่งnângนั่งnâng1[to] sit; sit down2[to] take; ride [sth] (vehicle)ไขว้kâiไขว้kâi1to cross; to interlace2crossed; crisscross; intersectingขาkăaขาkăa1leg (body part)2leg/foot (of furniture or object)3fan; admirer4polite sentence-final particle (female speech)5classifier: legs (of animals/objects)นานnaanนานnaan1for a long time2long (in duration)เดี๋ยวdĭiaoเดี๋ยวdĭiao1soon; in a moment2for a moment; briefly; one moment3wait! just a moment4if … then (warning; colloquial)5alternating; now … now …เมื่อยmêuuaiเมื่อยmêuuai1sore; achy; stiff2to feel sore/ache
Don’t sit with your legs crossed for too long, or you’ll get sore.
2AdjectiveB1

crossed; crisscross; intersecting

arranged so parts lie across one another in an X or crisscross pattern; intersecting.

Examples

เส้นsênเส้นsên1line; stripe; thread-like length2noodle (food strand)3tendon; nerve; sinew4wire; cable (thin metal strand)5route; line (service/path)6connections; pull (informal)7CL: strand-like thingsสองsŏngสองsŏng1two; 22secondเส้นsênเส้นsên1line; stripe; thread-like length2noodle (food strand)3tendon; nerve; sinew4wire; cable (thin metal strand)5route; line (service/path)6connections; pull (informal)7CL: strand-like thingsนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ไขว้กันkwâi ganไขว้กันkwâi gan[to] cross each other; [to] be intertwinedเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsรูปกากบาทrôop gaa-gà-bàatรูปกากบาทrôop gaa-gà-bàatX-shape; X mark
These two lines intersect in the shape of a cross.