ไส้

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Thai[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicไส้
ai s ˆ
Phonemic
ไซ่
ai z ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonsâi
Royal Institutesai
(standard) IPA(key)/saj˥˩/(R)
Homophonesไสร้

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Tai *sajꟲ (intestine). Cognate with Lao ໄສ້ (sai), Northern Thai ᩈᩱ᩶, ᦺᦉᧉ (ṡay²), Shan သႆႈ (sāi), Aiton ꩬႝ (say), Phake ꩬႝ (say), Ahom 𑜏𑜩 (say), Tai Dam ꪼꪎ꫁, Zhuang saej. Compare Proto-Be *tseːᴮꟲ².

Noun[edit]

ไส้ (sâi)

  1. intestine.
  2. (figurative) womb.
    ลูกในไส้
    lûuk nai sâi
    (literally) child in womb (= biological child)
  3. someone or something that fills or is inside another, as food filling, pencil lead, candle wick, lamp mantle, etc.
  4. (figurative) secret; private matter.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Particle[edit]

ไส้ (sâi)

  1. Archaic form of ไสร้ (srâi).

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

ไส้ (sâi)

  1. (astrology, now dialect) Year of the Snake: the sixth year in a cycle of twelve years under the lunar calendar.
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