ก้อย
gôi
Meanings
1NounB2
Isan/Lao raw meat salad
a traditional Isan/Lao dish of raw or lightly cooked meat or fish mixed with ground toasted rice, herbs, spices, and seasonings
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseทำก้อยtam gôiทำก้อยtam gôi[to] make koi (Isan/Lao raw-meat salad); [to] make larb (regional use)เนื้อnéuuaเนื้อnéuua1meat; flesh2muscle/meat (by cut or quality)3texture; grain (surface of materials)4content; substantive matter5core/body of an object6human body (skin and flesh)7body; flesh (of a person/animal)8classifier: pieces of meatใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] pour in; [to] fill4[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)5[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)ข้าวคั่วkâao kûuaข้าวคั่วkâao kûuatoasted ground riceและláeและláeand (coordinating)สมุนไพรหอมsà-mŭn-prai hŏmสมุนไพรหอมsà-mŭn-prai hŏmaromatic herbๆ-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; permitกินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocket
Today my mom made koi beef with toasted rice powder and fragrant herbs for us to eat.
2NounC1
animal tail (Isan/poetic)
the tail of an animal (Isan dialect or poetic usage)
Examples
ควายkwaaiควายkwaai1water buffalo2fool; idiot (insult)ตัวนั้นdtuua nánตัวนั้นdtuua nánthat one [animal, item]สะบัดก้อยsà-bàt gôiสะบัดก้อยsà-bàt gôi1[to] flick/snap the little finger (teasing, coquettish, or dismissive)2[to] act coquettishly; be flirtatiously coyไล่lâiไล่lâi1[to] drive away; expel2[to] fire; dismiss3[to] chase; pursue4[to] go through in order; sort; enumerate5[to] adjust progressivelyแมลงmà-laengแมลงmà-laenginsect; bugตลอดเวลาdtà-lòt way-laaตลอดเวลาdtà-lòt way-laaall the time; constantly
That buffalo kept flicking its tail to chase away insects.