ควน
kuuanMeaning
1NounB2
hill; mound (Southern dialect)
A hill or a mound of earth, a term primarily used in the Southern Thai dialect.
Examples
บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: หลังของkɔ̌ɔngของkɔ̌ɔng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsตายายdtaa-yaaiตายายdtaa-yaai1maternal grandparents2elderly coupleฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)อยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainบนbonบนbon1on; upon; in; above2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)ควนkuuanควนkuuanhill; mound (Southern dialect)มองmɔɔngมองmɔɔng1[to] look at2[to] watch; observe3[to] view; regard; considerลงมาlong-maaลงมาlong-maa1[to] come down; descend2down toward the speaker (directional complement)3[to] decrease; come down (to a level)4up to; [number] and underเห็นhěnเห็นhěn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asทุ่งนาtûng-naaทุ่งนาtûng-naarice field; paddy fieldสวยงามsǔuai-ngaamสวยงามsǔuai-ngaambeautiful; lovely
My grandparents' house is on a hill; looking down, you can see beautiful rice fields.
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ทุกเช้าtúk cháoชาวบ้านchaao bâanจะพาjà paaกันไปgan bpaiกรีดgrèetยางyaangบนbonควนkuuanใกล้ๆglâi glâiหมู่บ้านmòo bâan
Every morning, the villagers go to tap rubber trees on the hill near the village.
ควนkuuanลูกlûukนั้นnánมีmiiความสำคัญkwaam-sǎm-kanกับgàpชุมชนchum-chonเพราะprɔ́เป็นbpenแหล่งต้นน้ำlɛ̀ng-dtôn-náamและlɛ́มีmiiสมุนไพรsà-mǔn-praiหายากhǎa-yâakขึ้นอยู่kʉ̂n-yùu
That hill is important to the community because it is a water source and home to rare herbs.
ตำนานdtam naanท้องถิ่นtóng tìnเล่าlâoว่าwâaบนbonยอดyôtควนkuuanที่têeสูงที่สุดsŏong têe sùtเคยkoeiเป็นที่ตั้งbpen têe dtângของkŏngเมืองโบราณmeuuang boh-raanแต่dtàeปัจจุบันbpàt-jù-banเหลือlĕuuaเพียงpiiangซากปรักหักพังsâak bpràk hàk pang
Local legend has it that the highest hilltop was once the site of an ancient city, but now only ruins remain.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
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
kuuan
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 | — | — |