pây
Appearance
Tày
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Tai *pajᴬ (“to go”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨻᩱ (pai), Khün ᨻᩱ (pai), Lao ໄປ (pai), Lü ᦺᦔ (ṗay) and ᦺᦗ (pay), Tai Dam ꪼꪜ, Shan ပႆ (pǎi), Aiton ပႝ (pay), Phake ပႝ (pay), Zhuang bae, Bouyei bail, Thai ไป (bpai).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [pəj˧˧]
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [pəj˦˥]
Verb
[edit]pây (𫨰)
- to go
- pây háng ― go to the market
- pây hết công ― go to work
- to leave; to set out
- (vehicles, of people) to go by; to board; to get on
- pây xe đạp ― go by bike
- (of vehicles) to go/run/travel
Particle
[edit]pây (𫨰)
- after a verb, conveys an urging or commanding tone
- Khảu rườn pây.
- Get in the house.
- Thâng vằn pjục pây.
- Tomorrow.