ขิงทราย
kĭng saaiMeanings
1NounB2
skink (regional)
A regional name for a skink, a lizard of the family Scincidae, typically with smooth, shiny scales.
Examples
ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)เรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); name2[to] call out; summon; hail3[to] ask for; charge; demand4[to] draw attention; bring out a reactionจิ้งjîngจิ้งjîng1tiny; 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 flusteredที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerวิ่งwîngวิ่งwîng1[to] run2[to] run (operate; be in service)3[to] flow; courseอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainข้างkâangข้างkâang1side; flank2beside; next to; by3classifier: sides; paired parts4side; party (in a dispute or game)5side; lateral (modifier)รั้วrúuaรั้วrúua1fence; enclosure2railings; barrierว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeขิงทรายkĭng saaiขิงทรายkĭng saai1skink (regional)2fingerroot (Isan)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)ไม่เคยmâi koieไม่เคยmâi koienever; have neverได้ยินdâi-yinได้ยินdâi-yin1[to] hear2[to] hear of; be told; learn (by hearing)ชื่อchêuชื่อchêu1name2[to] be named; be called3reputation; renownนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)มาก่อนmaa gònมาก่อนmaa gòn1[to] come first; arrive earlier; precede2earlier; previously; beforehand
Grandma called the skink running beside the fence a “khing sai,” but I had never heard that name before.
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ฉันchănเห็นhĕnขิงทรายkĭng saaiตัวหนึ่งdtuua nèungอยู่yòoบนbonก้อนหินgôn hĭnเกล็ดglètของมันkŏng manเรียบrîiapและláeเป็นbpenมันman
I saw a skink on a rock; its scales were smooth and shiny.
แม้máeขิงทรายkĭng saaiจะมีjà meeลำตัวlam dtuuaยาวyaaoจนjonบางคนbaang konคิดว่าkít wâaเป็นbpenงูngooแต่dtàeจริงjingๆ-แล้วláeoมันmanเป็นbpenจิ้งjîngเหhăyลนlonที่têeมีmeeขาkăaเล็กlékๆ-
Although the animal called “khing sai” has such a long body that some people mistake it for a snake, it is actually a skink with small legs.
เมื่อmêuuaครูkruuอธิบายà-tí-baaiว่าwâaขิงทรายkĭng saaiเป็นbpenชื่อท้องถิ่นchêu tóng tìnของkŏngจิ้งjîngเหhăyลนlonเด็กdèkๆ-จึงjeungเข้าใจว่าkâo jai wâaชื่อchêuที่têeต่างกันdtàang ganอาจàatหมายถึงmăai tĕungสัตว์sàtชนิดchá-nítเดียวกันdiao gan
When the teacher explained that “khing sai” is a regional name for a skink, the children understood that different names can refer to the same kind of animal.
2NounC1
fingerroot (Isan)
A plant (Boesenbergia rotunda) with finger-shaped underground parts used in Thai cooking and traditional medicine. The word also means these edible parts. This regional name is used especially in Maha Sarakham.
Examples
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 markerมหาสารคามmá-hăa-săa-rá-kaamมหาสารคามmá-hăa-săa-rá-kaam1Maha Sarakham Province (Thailand)2Maha Sarakham (provincial capital city)เรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); name2[to] call out; summon; hail3[to] ask for; charge; demand4[to] draw attention; bring out a reactionกระชายgrà-chaaiกระชายgrà-chaai1fingerroot; Chinese keys (rhizome herb)2fingerroot plant (Boesenbergia rotunda)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeขิงทรายkĭng saaiขิงทรายkĭng saai1skink (regional)2fingerroot (Isan)และláeและláeand (coordinating)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)4[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)ลงในlong naiลงในlong nai1to put into; to enter (data into)2into; onto; inน้ำยาขนมจีนnáam-yaa kà-nŏm jeenน้ำยาขนมจีนnáam-yaa kà-nŏm jeenfish-based curry sauce for Thai rice noodles
My grandmother in Maha Sarakham calls fingerroot khing sai and likes adding it to the curry sauce served with rice noodles.
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ถ้าtâaจะjàทำtamน้ำยาnám yaaปลาbplaaให้hâiหอมhŏmแบบbàepที่têeยายyaaiทำtamต้องdtôngโขลกklòhkขิงทรายkĭng saaiกับgàpเครื่องแกงkrêuuang gaengให้hâiละเอียดlá-ìiatก่อนgònนำไปnam bpaiต้มdtôm
To make fish curry sauce as fragrant as Grandma's, you need to pound the fingerroot finely with the curry paste before cooking it.
พอporฉันchănถามหาtăam hăaกระชายgrà-chaaiแม่ค้าmâe-káaชาวchaaoมหาสารคามmá-hăa-săa-rá-kaamก็gâwชี้chéeไปที่bpai têeขิงทรายkĭng saaiพลางplaangอธิบายà-tí-baaiว่าwâaชื่อเรียกchêu rîiakต่างกันdtàang ganแต่dtàeเป็นbpenพืชpêutชนิดchá-nítเดียวกันdiao gan
When I asked for fingerroot, the vendor from Maha Sarakham pointed to the khing sai, explaining that the names differed but referred to the same plant.
กลิ่นglìnขิงทรายkĭng saaiที่têeยายyaaiซอยsoiใส่sàiแกงgaengยังyangติดอยู่dtìt yòoในnaiความทรงจำkwaam song jamจนjonทุกครั้งที่túk kráng têeได้กลิ่นdâai glìnกระชายgrà-chaaiฉันchănก็gâwอดòtนึกถึงnéuk tĕungครัวkruuaเล็กlékๆ-ในบ้านnai bâanที่têeมหาสารคามmá-hăa-săa-rá-kaamไม่ได้mâi dâai
The aroma of the fingerroot Grandma sliced into her curry remains vivid in my memory, so whenever I smell fingerroot, I cannot help thinking of the little kitchen in our home in Maha Sarakham.
Word Breakdown
ขิงkǐngขิงkǐng1ginger (rhizome; spice)2[to] boast; show off; flex (slang)ginger (rhizome; spice)Part 1
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ขิงทรายkĭng saaiขิงทรายkĭng saaiskink (regional)skink (regional)Word