คุณป้า(kun bpâa)
Meanings
1NounA2
aunt (older than one’s parent; honorific)
An aunt who is older than one’s parent, either a parent’s older sister or an older female relative by marriage; uses the polite honorific คุณคุณkun1you (polite)2Mr.; Ms.; Mrs. (title)3quality; virtue; merit.
Examples
คุณป้าkun bpâaคุณป้าkun bpâa1aunt (older than one’s parent; honorific)2ma’am; auntie (polite address to an older woman)ของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsพี่สาวpêe săaoพี่สาวpêe săaoolder sister; elder female siblingของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsแม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; base
My aunty is my mother’s older sister.
2NounA2
ma’am; auntie (polite address to an older woman)
A polite or familiar way to address an older woman, similar to “ma’am” or “auntie,” often used with or without a name.
Examples
เมื่อวานmêuua waanเมื่อวานmêuua waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)ช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1please (polite request)2[to] save; rescue [sb]3[to] help; assist [sb/sth]ถือtĕuuaถือtĕuua1[to] hold; carry (by hand)2[to] bring/take (in hand)3[to] regard; consider; deem4[to] observe; keep (rules, precepts, fast)5[to] be strict/particular about6to count as; treat asของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitคุณป้าkun bpâaคุณป้าkun bpâa1aunt (older than one’s parent; honorific)2ma’am; auntie (polite address to an older woman)คนหนึ่งkon nèungคนหนึ่งkon nèung1one person2a person; someoneที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotตลาดdtà-làatตลาดdtà-làat1popular; mainstream (colloq.)2market; marketplace3market (economic demand/sector)
Yesterday I helped carry things for an older lady at the market.
Word Breakdown
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ป้าbpâaป้าbpâa1auntie; middle‑aged/older woman (address)2aunt (older sister of father or mother)Part 2
คุณป้าkun bpâaคุณป้าkun bpâaaunt (older than one’s parent; honorific)