จาโก้ย
jaa-gôoiMeaning
1NounA2
Chinese-style fried dough stick (Southern Thai)
In Southern Thai usage, a Chinese-style deep-fried dough stick, commonly called pa thong ko in standard Thai and often eaten for breakfast.
Examples
พ่อpɔ̂ɔพ่อpɔ̂ɔ1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: male person; leader; father figureกินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] take medicine (colloquial)4[to] consume; use up5[to] corrode; erode; eat into6[to] take (a bribe); pocket7[to] capture; take (a piece in a board game)จาโก้ยjaa-gôoiจาโก้ยjaa-gôoiChinese-style fried dough stick (Southern Thai)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3side dish; accompaniment4against; versus5to; toward (recipient/target)กาแฟgaa-fɛɛกาแฟgaa-fɛɛcoffee (drink; beans; plant)
Dad eats Chinese-style fried dough sticks with coffee.
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This morning, I ate fried dough sticks dipped in sweetened condensed milk.
พรุ่งนี้prûng-níiแม่mɛ̂ɛจะjàซื้อsʉ́ʉจาโก้ยjaa-gôoiมาmaaให้เราhâi-raoกินginเป็นbpenอาหารเช้าaa-hǎan-cháao
Tomorrow, Mom will buy fried dough sticks for us to eat for breakfast.
ฉันchănชอบchôpจาโก้ยjaa-gôoiที่têeทอดtôtใหม่màiๆ-เพราะpráwข้างkâangนอกกรอบnôk gròpและláeข้างในkâang naiนุ่มnûm
I like freshly fried dough sticks because they are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
Tones
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2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
jaa
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid 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 | — | — |