ขยาย

Uncertain. Possibly corruption of สยาย, from Old Khmer *សអាយ៑ (*saʼāy), *ស្អាយ៑ (*sʼāy), extended forms of Angkorian Old Khmer *សាយ៑ (*sāy, “to spread, to extend; to be spread, to be extended; etc”).

ขยาย • (kà-yǎai) (abstract noun การขยาย)

1. to be or cause to be greater (in size, quantity, etc): to enlarge, to expand, to extend, to broaden, to lengthen, to prolong, to scale up, to blow up, to spread, to dilate, to multiply, to amplify, etc.
2. to be or cause to be loose or looser: to loose, to let loose, to loosen, to unfasten, to untie, etc.
3. to open out; to spread out; to unfold; to unfurl.
4. to let out (to others or the public): to leak, to disclose, to reveal, etc.
5. to amplify: to clarify by expanding; to expand in stating or describing, as by details or illustrations.
6. (grammar) to modify.