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| ไกล่เกลี่ย glaiL gliiaL |  |
| Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||||||
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ไกฺล่-เกฺลี่ย |
| IPA | klàj klìːa |
| Royal Thai General System | klai klia |
| [verb] | |||
| definition | to reconcile; conciliate; arbitrate; mediate; smooth; make peace; patch up | ||
| components | ไกล่ | glaiL | to coat, stroke, rub; [used as a prefix or suffix] |
เกลี่ย  | gliiaL | to grade; to level down; flatten out; to equalize; spread out; to average | |
| synonyms | เกลี่ยไกล่ | gliiaL glaiL | to reconcile; conciliate; arbitrate; mediate; smooth; make peace; patch up |
| ประนอม | bpraL naawmM | to make concessions,compromise, concede to another's wishes, conciliate, be conciliated, come to terms with | |
| ประนีประนอม | bpraL neeM bpraL naawmM | to compromise | |
| ผ่อนสั้นผ่อนยาว | phaawnL sanF phaawnL yaaoM | to compromise; give and take | |
| รอมชอม | raawmM chaawmM | to compromise; reach a compromise; come to an agreement; settle; reach an agreement; come to terms; make concessions | |
| ออมชอม | aawmM chaawmM | to compensate; be in good terms with; to compromise; to reach agreement and proceed on good terms | |
| อะลุ้มอล่วย | aL loomF aL luayL | to compromise; give in | |
| sample sentence | ในอดีต?มีประเพณีให้ผู้ใหญ่คอยไกล่เกลี่ย แต่ปัจจุบันผู้ใหญ่ในบ้านเมืองเหลือน้อยและเกิดอาการต่างคนต่างใหญ่ไม่มีใครฟังใคร naiM aL deetL meeM bpraL phaehM neeM haiF phuuF yaiL khaawyM glaiL gliiaL dtaaeL bpatL jooL banM phuuF yaiL naiM baanF meuuangM leuuaR naawyH laeH geertL aaM gaanM dtaangL khohnM dtaangL yaiL maiF meeM khraiM fangM khraiM "In the past, it was the (Thai) custom to have a respected elder mediate (disputes); however in modern times there are not many respected elders left and the situation often arises in which each person has his own respected elder and no one listens to anyone else." | ||
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