ชยา
chá-yaaMeaning
1NounC2
wife (archaic)
An archaic or literary term for a wife.
Examples
บทกวีbòt-gà-wiiบทกวีbòt-gà-wiia poem; a piece of verseนี้níiนี้níi1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เล่าถึงlâo-tʉ̌ngเล่าถึงlâo-tʉ̌ng[to] tell about [sth]; [to] narrateชายchaaiชายchaai1man; male person2male sex3male; masculine4edge; brim; hem; shoreผู้pûuผู้pûu1person; one who … (agentive prefix)2person; people (as a standalone noun in formal/register-bound uses)เฝ้าดูfâo-duuเฝ้าดูfâo-duu[to] observe; [to] monitorแลlɛɛแลlɛɛ1[to] look; behold (arch., lit.)2and; as well as (arch., lit.)3indeed (final particle, arch., lit.)4look! (arch. exclamation)ชยาchá-yaaชยาchá-yaawife (archaic)ที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerป่วยหนักbpùuai-nàkป่วยหนักbpùuai-nàk[to] be seriously illแม้mɛ́ɛแม้mɛ́ɛ1even if; although; even though2evenตนเองdton-eengตนเองdton-eeng1oneself (reflexive pronoun)2one's own (possessive)3the self; one's identityจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)ชราchá-raaชราchá-raa1elderly (formal)2old age (formal)มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2much; a lot; greatly3many; numerousแล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)
This poem tells of a man who tends to his seriously ill wife, although he himself is already very old.
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แม้mɛ́ɛต้องdtɔ̂ngจากjàakเรือนrʉʉanไปbpaiเป็นเวลาbpen-wee-laaหลายlǎaiปีbpiiเขาkǎoก็gɔ̂มิmíเคยkəəiลืมlʉʉmคำมั่นkam-mânที่tîiให้ไว้hâi-wáiแก่gɛ̀ɛชยาchá-yaaผู้pûuเป็นที่รักbpen-tîi-rák
Though he had to leave home for many years, he never forgot the promise he had made to his beloved wife.
ผู้ประพันธ์pûu-bprà-panมิได้mí-dâaiวาดภาพwâat-pâapชยาchá-yaaให้hâiเป็นเพียงbpen-piiangผู้pûuคอยkɔɔiสามีsǎa-miiหากhàakยังyangให้hâiเธอtəəเป็นbpenผู้pûuกำหนดgam-nòtชะตาchá-dtaaของkɔ̌ɔngตนเองdton-eengด้วยdûuai
The author portrays the wife not merely as someone who waits for her husband, but also as someone who determines her own destiny.
ครั้นkránสิ้นsînเสียงsǐiangศึกsʉ̀kเขาkǎoจึงjʉngตระหนักdtrà-nàkว่าwâaเกียรติยศgìiat-dtì-yótทั้งปวงtáng-bpuuangมิอาจmí-àatทดแทนtót-tɛɛnการได้gaan-dâaiกลับไปglàp-bpaiครองเรือนkrɔɔng-rʉʉanกับgàpชยาchá-yaaผู้pûuร่วมทุกข์rûuam-túkร่วมrûuamสุsùขมาkà-maaแต่dtɛ̀ɛยามyaamยากyâak
Once the sounds of battle had faded, he realized that no glory could replace returning to married life with the wife who had shared his joys and sorrows since their days of hardship.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ชยา said ชะ-ยา?
chá-yaa
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
chá
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
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 | — | — |