กะแอน
gà-aenMeanings
1NounB2
skink (regional)
A regional name for a skink, a lizard of the family Scincidae, typically with smooth, shiny scales.
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ตาdtaaตาdtaa1eye2grandfather (maternal)3elderly man; grandpa (informal)4grid square; mesh5turn (in a game)6eye (classifier for small holes/mesh openings)บอกว่าbòk wâaบอกว่าbòk wâa1[to] say/tell that; report/declare that2[of text/sign] say/indicate thatจิ้งjîngจิ้งjîng1tiny; very small (colloq.)2a little; just a bit (colloq.)เหhăyเหhăy1huh?; eh?2[to] deviate; [to] turn away3slanting; askewลนlonลนlon1[to] expose [sth] to flame or heat; singe2[to] panic; be flusteredแถวบ้านtăeo bâanแถวบ้านtăeo bâanneighborhood; local areaเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)เรียกว่าrîiak wâaเรียกว่าrîiak wâa1[to] be called; be known/termed as2[to] call; name [sb/sth]; refer to as3you could say; that is to say; effectivelyกะแอนgà-aenกะแอนgà-aen1skink (regional)2fingerroot (Northern Thai)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)ชี้chéeชี้chée1[to] point (at)2[to] indicate; show3[to] point out; highlight4[to] designate; specifyให้ดูhâi dooให้ดูhâi doo[to] show [sb] [sth]ตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)3character; figureที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerอยู่ใต้yòo dtâiอยู่ใต้yòo dtâi1[to] be under [sth]; [to] be beneath [sth]2[to] be south of [somewhere]3[to] be under the control of [sb/sth]ต้นไม้dtôn máaiต้นไม้dtôn máai1tree2plants/greenery (general, esp. woody plants)
Grandpa said that skinks are called “ka-aen” around our home, then pointed to one under a tree.
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กะแอนgà-aenตัวdtuuaนี้néeมีmeeเกล็ดglètเป็นbpenมันmanพอporฉันchănเดินเข้าไปdern kâo bpaiใกล้glâiมันmanก็gâwวิ่งหนีwîng nĕeเข้าkâoพุ่มไม้pûm máai
This skink had shiny scales, and when I walked closer, it ran into the bushes.
พอporเห็นhĕnกะแอนgà-aenหลบlòpเข้าไปkâo bpaiใต้dtâiกระถางgrà-tăangเด็กdèkๆ-ก็gâwอยากyàakจับjàpมันmanขึ้นมาkêun maaดูdooแต่dtàeครูkruuบอกให้bòk hâiปล่อยbplòiจิ้งjîngเหhăyลนlonตัวนั้นdtuua nánไว้wáiตามธรรมชาติdtaam tam-má-châat
When the children saw a skink hide under a flowerpot, they wanted to pick it up for a closer look, but the teacher told them to leave it in its natural surroundings.
หากhàakไม่รู้mâi rúuว่าwâaกะแอนgà-aenเป็นbpenชื่อท้องถิ่นchêu tóng tìnของkŏngจิ้งjîngเหhăyลนlonคนต่างถิ่นkon dtàang tìnก็gâwอาจàatเข้าใจผิดkâo jai pìtว่าwâaผู้พูดpûu pûutกำลังgam-langพูดถึงpôot tĕungสัตว์sàtอีกèekชนิดหนึ่งchá-nít nèung
Without knowing that “ka-aen” is a regional name for a skink, someone from elsewhere might mistakenly think the speaker is referring to a different animal.
2NounC1
fingerroot (Northern Thai)
A plant (Boesenbergia rotunda) with finger-shaped underground parts used in Thai cooking and traditional medicine. The word also means these edible parts. This is a Northern Thai name.
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ตอนdtonตอนdton1section; part2episode; chapter3when; at the time (of)4time segment; period5classifier for sections, chapters, or episodes6[to] castrate (an animal)7[to] air-layer (a branch)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3side dish; accompaniment4against; versus5to; toward (recipient/target)ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerเชียงใหม่chiiang màiเชียงใหม่chiiang mài1Chiang Mai (city in northern Thailand)2Chiang Mai Provinceฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)ช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1[to] help; assist [sb/sth]2please (request marker)3[to] save; rescue [sb]ล้างláangล้างláang1[to] wash; rinse; clean with water2[to] develop (film/photos)3[to] clear; wipe out (debt/record/accusation)4[to] cleanse; absolve (figurative)กะแอนgà-aenกะแอนgà-aen1skink (regional)2fingerroot (Northern Thai)ก่อนที่gòn têeก่อนที่gòn têebefore (introducing a clause)ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)เอาไปao bpaiเอาไปao bpai1[to] take/carry [sth] away2take it; you can have itใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)4[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)แกงปลาgaeng bplaaแกงปลาgaeng bplaafish curry
While staying with Grandma in Chiang Mai, I helped wash the fingerroot before she added it to the fish curry.
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เมื่อmêuuaแม่ค้าmâe-káaบอกว่าbòk wâaกะแอนgà-aenเป็นbpenชื่อchêuที่têeคนkonทางเหนือtaang nĕuuaใช้cháiเรียกrîakกระชายgrà-chaaiฉันchănจึงjeungรู้rúuว่าwâaซื้อไปséu bpaiทำtamน้ำยาขนมจีนnáam-yaa kà-nŏm jeenได้dâi
When the vendor explained that ka-aen is the Northern Thai name for fingerroot, I realized I could buy it to make curry sauce for rice noodles.
สูตรsòotแกงปลาgaeng bplaaที่têeตกทอดdtòk tôrtมาจากmaa jàakยายyaaiระบุrá-bùให้hâiโขลกklòhkกะแอนgà-aenกับgàpเครื่องแกงkrêuuang gaengจนjonละเอียดlá-ìiatเพื่อให้pêuua hâiแกงgaengมีกลิ่นหอมmee glìn hŏmและláeไม่mâiเหลือlĕuuaเส้นใยsên yaiหยาบyàapที่têeเคี้ยวkíaoแล้วláeoรู้สึกrúu-sèukสากsàak
The fish curry recipe passed down from Grandma calls for pounding the fingerroot finely with the curry paste so that the curry is fragrant and free of coarse fibers that feel rough when chewed.
ระหว่างrá-wàangเก็บข้อมูลgèp kôr moonเรื่องrêuuangสมุนไพรsà-mŭn praiพื้นบ้านpúuan bâanฉันchănพบว่าpóp wâaผู้เฒ่าpôo tâoในnaiหมู่บ้านmòo bâanทางเหนือtaang nĕuuaเรียกrîakกระชายgrà-chaaiว่าwâaกะแอนgà-aenและláeมักmákปลูกbplòokไว้wáiทั้งtángสำหรับsăm-ràpทำอาหารtam aa-hăanและláeปรุงยาbprung yaaตามdtaamตำรับdtam-ràpที่têeสืบทอดกันมาsèup tôt gan maa
While documenting traditional herbs, I found that elders in the northern village called fingerroot ka-aen and often grew it both for cooking and for preparing remedies from inherited recipes.
Word Breakdown
กะgàกะgà1work shift2with (informal)3[to] estimate; guess4[to] intend; plan (informal)5(dialectal) then; also; indeedwork shiftPart 1
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กะแอนgà-aenกะแอนgà-aenskink (regional)skink (regional)Word