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How to say older sister (Isaan)
in Thai
เอื้อย
ûeai
older sister (Isaan)
ûeai falling
Isaan for พี่สาว, also used to call a young woman a bit older than you.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- casual
In a sentence
- เอื้อยไปเฮ็ดงานอยู่ชลบุรีûeai bpai hét ngaan yùu chon-bù-riiMy big sister works in Chonburi. (Isaan)
From the same situation: Variation: Isaan, South, Chinese-Thai, Tinglish
- เฮ็ดto do, make (Isaan)
- หยังwhat (Isaan)
- ไสwhere (Isaan)
- จั่งใด๋how (Isaan)
- กะalso, then (Isaan ก็)
- ซิwill (Isaan จะ)
- ฮู้to know (Isaan)
- เบิ่ดall, completely, all gone (Isaan)
All 97 words and phrases in “Variation: Isaan, South, Chinese-Thai, Tinglish” →
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