ชะมวง
chá-muuangMeaning
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Garcinia cowa (sour leaf)
A type of tree, Garcinia cowa, whose leaves have a sour taste and are used as an ingredient in Thai cooking.
Examples
แม่ครัวmɛ̂ɛ-kruuaแม่ครัวmɛ̂ɛ-kruuafemale cook; woman who cooksกำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1currently; in the middle of2power; strength3power (physics)4troops; forcesเด็ดใบdèt-baiเด็ดใบdèt-bai[to] pick/pluck leavesชะมวงchá-muuangชะมวงchá-muuangGarcinia cowa (sour leaf)เพื่อpʉ̂ʉaเพื่อpʉ̂ʉa1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofเตรียมdtriiamเตรียมdtriiam[to] prepare; get readyทำแกงtam-gɛɛngทำแกงtam-gɛɛng[to] make curryหมูmǔuหมูmǔu1pig; hog2pork3easy; a pushover (informal)4fat person (impolite)
The cook is picking Chamuang leaves to prepare pork curry.
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แกงgɛɛngหมูmǔuชะมวงchá-muuangมีmiiรสเปรี้ยวrót-bprîiaoนำnamที่tîiเป็นเอกลักษณ์bpen-èek-gà-lákจากjàakใบbaiชะมวงchá-muuang
Pork curry with Chamuang has a distinctive sour taste from the Chamuang leaves.
ใบbaiชะมวงchá-muuangไม่เพียงแต่mâi-piiang-dtɛ̀ɛให้hâiรสเปรี้ยวrót-bprîiaoในnaiอาหารaa-hǎanแต่ยังdtɛ̀ɛ-yangมีmiiสรรพคุณsàp-pá-kunทางยาtaang-yaaอีกด้วยìik-dûuai
Chamuang leaves not only provide a sour taste in food but also have medicinal properties.
นอกจากnɔ̂ɔk-jàakแกงgɛɛngหมูmǔuแล้วlɛ́ɛoยอดอ่อนyɔ̂ɔt-ɔ̀ɔnของkɔ̌ɔngชะมวงchá-muuangยังyangสามารถsǎa-mâatนำไปnam-bpaiทำอาหารtam-aa-hǎanได้dâaiอีกìikหลายอย่างlǎai-yàangเช่นchênยำyamหรือrʉ̌ʉต้มdtômส้มsôm
Besides pork curry, the young shoots of the Chamuang tree can also be used in many other dishes, such as salads or sour soups.
Tones
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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 | — | — |