คนทอผ้า
kon-tɔɔ-pâaMeaning
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weaver
a person who weaves cloth or fabric
Examples
ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)ของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineเคยkoeiเคยkoei1ever; before (past experience)2used to (past habit or state)3shrimp paste (Southern Thai)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)คนทอผ้าkon tor pâaคนทอผ้าkon tor pâaweaverตอนที่dton têeตอนที่dton têe1when; at the time that2episode/part (numbered label)ยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)5to; towardสาวๆsăao săaoสาวๆsăao săao1girls; young women; ladies (plural, informal)2ladies! (form of address)
My grandmother used to be a weaver when she was young.
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This village has many skilled weavers.
เธอterไปเรียนbpai rianวิธีทำwí-tee tamลวดลายlûuat laaiใหม่ๆmài màiจากjàakคนทอผ้าkon tor pâaในnaiภาคเหนือpâak nĕuua
She went to learn how to make new patterns from weavers in the North.
อาชีพaa-chîipคนทอผ้าkon-tɔɔ-pâaกำลังจะgam-lang-jàหายไปhǎai-bpaiเพราะprɔ́คนรุ่นใหม่kon-rûn-màiไม่ค่อยmâi-kɔ̂iสนใจsǒn-jaiสืบทอดsʉ̀ʉp-tɔ̂ɔt
The profession of a weaver is disappearing because the new generation is rarely interested in carrying it on.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
3 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -น, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
kon
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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คนทอผ้าkon-tɔɔ-pâaคนทอผ้าkon-tɔɔ-pâaweaverweaverWord