Spelling-sound correlations for “ay“ in French

/ɛj/ or /ej/ or intermediate vowel sound: que nous ayons, que vous ayez, ayant, balayer, crayon, crayonner, effrayer, effrayant, essayer, essayage, layette, payer, payable, payeur, rayer, rayure, rayon, rayonnement, relayer, Camara Laye /ɛ/ or /e/ or intermediate vowel sound: La Haye, Magnollay, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Vouvray, Aymé, Bayle, Raymond, Raynaud, saynète /aj/: bayer aux corneilles, bayou, cobaye, kayak, maya, mayonnaise, papaye, Ayen, Bayeux, Bayonne, Biscaye, Cayenne, La Fayette, Himalaya, May