กระพือ(grà-peuua)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] flap; flutter
To move wings or a light object back and forth repeatedly, as with a bird’s wings or fabric fluttering.
Examples
ผีเสื้อpĕe sêuuaผีเสื้อpĕe sêuua1a flirtatious person (fig.)2butterflyกระพือปีกgrà-peu bpèekกระพือปีกgrà-peu bpèek[to] flap wings; flutter wingsเบาbaoเบาbao1light (not heavy)2soft; quiet (of sound)3gentle; mild; light (degree/force)4easy; light (workload/effort)5[to] lighten; reduce; ease6[to] urinate (polite euphemism)ๆ-เหนือnĕuuaเหนือnĕuua1north; the North2northern3above; over4superior to; aboveดอกไม้dòk máaiดอกไม้dòk máaiflower; flowers
A butterfly gently flutters its wings above the flower.
2VerbB1
[to] fan; waft; agitate
To wave or move [sth] to create airflow or motion, often to cool, to make a fire burn more strongly, or to agitate light materials.
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]พัดpátพัดpát1[to] blow; [to] fan2[to] be blown/waft3fan (device)4classifier: fansใบbaiใบbai1leaf2sheet; slip; card; ticket; bill; receipt3license; permit; certificate4classifier (flat/thin items)5blade6petal; sepalตาลdtaanตาลdtaan1palmyra palm2palmyra palm products (fruit, sap, sugar)3name: Tan4classifier: palmyra palms/treesกระพือgrà-peuuaกระพือgrà-peuua1[to] flap; flutter2[to] fan; waft; agitate3[to] stir up; fan (e.g., flames, rumors)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitลมเย็นlom yenลมเย็นlom yencool breeze; cool airๆ-
Mom used a palm-leaf fan to fan a cool breeze.
3VerbB2
[to] stir up; fan (e.g., flames, rumors)
To intensify or spread something by agitating it, such as fanning flames or stirring up rumors and emotions.
Examples
การโพสต์gaan póhtการโพสต์gaan póht1posting (activity)2a posting (instance)ข่าวลือkàao leuuข่าวลือkàao leuurumor; hearsayโดยdoiโดยdoi1by (transport/communication)2in a ... way; -ly3by (passive marker in formal style)4by; via; throughไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ตรวจสอบdtrùuat sòpตรวจสอบdtrùuat sòp1check; examine; verify2inspect; audit; investigate3validate; authenticateเพียงpiiangเพียงpiiang1only; merely; just2enough; sufficient (literary/formal)3as; as much as; only if/when4only; merely (preposed to nouns/phrases)ยิ่งyîngยิ่งyîng1even; increasingly; more2the more … (the more …)3very; exceedingly (formal/emphatic)กระพือgrà-peuuaกระพือgrà-peuua1[to] flap; flutter2[to] fan; waft; agitate3[to] stir up; fan (e.g., flames, rumors)ความเข้าใจผิดkwaam kâo jai pìtความเข้าใจผิดkwaam kâo jai pìt1misunderstanding2misconception3misinterpretation; misreading
Posting unverified rumors only fans the misunderstanding.
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Word Breakdown
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กระพือgrà-peuuaกระพือgrà-peuua[to] flap; flutter