ซางดง
saang dongMeanings
1NounC1
sang tree
A large forest tree in the sapodilla family (Sapotaceae) that bears edible fruit, also known as the sang tree.
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ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)เก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to keep; store; put away2to collect; pick up; gather3to tidy up; put in order4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to charge; take (a fee/payment)7[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)ผลpŏnผลpŏn1classifier: fruits2result; outcome3fruit (formal)4benefit; advantageซางดงsaang dongซางดงsaang dong1sang tree2bullet wood; Spanish cherry (northern)มากินmaa ginมากินmaa gin[to] come eatและláeและláeand (coordinating)นั่งพักnâng pákนั่งพักnâng pák[to] sit and restหลบlòpหลบlòp1[to] dodge; avoid2[to] hide; take cover3[to] evade; elude4[to] return; go back (Southern Thai)แดดdàetแดดdàetsunlight; sunshineใต้dtâiใต้dtâi1under; beneath; below2south (direction)3southern region; the South4south; southern5under; subject to (authority/rules)ไม้ใหญ่máai yàiไม้ใหญ่máai yàibig tree; large treeต้นdtônต้นdtôn1tree; plant2beginning; early3origin; source; root cause4stem; trunk; stalk; base5classifier: trees; plants; poles6initial; primary (as prefix)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)
The villagers pick fruit from the sang tree to eat and rest in its shade to escape the sun.
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ซางดงsaang dongเป็นbpenไม้ยืนต้นmái yeun dtônขนาดใหญ่kà-nàat yàiในnaiวงศ์wongละláมุดmútซึ่งsêungให้hâiทั้งtángร่มเงาrôm ngaoและláeผลpŏnที่têeกินได้gin dâai
The sang tree is a large tree in the sapodilla family that provides both shade and edible fruit.
แม้máeซางดงsaang dongจะjàให้ผลhâi pŏnที่têeกินได้gin dâaiแต่dtàeคุณค่าkun-ná-kâaของkŏngไม้ใหญ่máai yàiชนิดchá-nítนี้néeไม่ได้mâi dâaiจำกัดjam-gàtอยู่yòoเพียงpiiangการเป็นgaan bpenแหล่งอาหารlàeng aa-hăanเท่านั้นtâo nán
Although the sang tree bears edible fruit, the value of this large tree extends beyond being a source of food.
แทนที่จะtaen têe jàโค่นkôhnซางดงsaang dongเพื่อpêuuaขยายkà-yăaiถนนtà-nŏnชาวบ้านchaao bâanเสนอsà-nĕrให้hâiปรับbpràpแนวnaeoถนนtà-nŏnเพื่อpêuuaรักษาrák-săaไม้ใหญ่máai yàiที่têeให้ผลhâi pŏnเป็นbpenอาหารaa-hăanแก่gàeคนในkon naiชุมชนchum-chonมาmaaหลายlăaiรุ่นrûn
Rather than cutting down the sang tree to widen the road, the villagers proposed rerouting the road to preserve the large tree whose fruit has fed generations of local residents.
2NounC1
bullet wood; Spanish cherry (northern)
A tropical tree called Mimusops elengi, with hard wood, sweet-smelling flowers, and edible fruit.
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เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ปลูกbplòokปลูกbplòok1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)ซางดงsaang dongซางดงsaang dong1sang tree2bullet wood; Spanish cherry (northern)ไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] set aside; reserve3for later; in reserve4[to] leave (something) as is5marks retention or maintenance of a state6[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)หน้าบ้านnâa bâanหน้าบ้านnâa bâan1front of the house; frontage2front office; customer-facing sideพอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; whenออกดอกòk dòkออกดอกòk dòk[to] bloom; [to] flowerก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerมีกลิ่นหอมmee glìn hŏmมีกลิ่นหอมmee glìn hŏm[to] be fragrant; [to] smell goodไปทั่วbpai tûuaไปทั่วbpai tûua1[to] go everywhere; travel all over2all over; everywhere (extent marker)
We planted a Mimusops elengi tree in front of our house, and when it blooms, its sweet fragrance fills the area.
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ซางดงsaang dongหรือrĕuพิกุลpí-gunมีmeeเนื้อไม้néuua máaiแข็งkăengช่างchângจึงjeungเลือกlêuuakนำมาใช้nam maa cháiทำtamด้ามdâamเครื่องมือkrêuuang meuu
Mimusops elengi, also called phikun in Thai, has hard wood, so the craftsman chose it to make tool handles.
แม้máeดอกdòkซางดงsaang dongจะมีjà meeขนาดเล็กkà-nàat lékแต่dtàeกลิ่นglìnหอมละมุนhŏm lá-munที่têeโชยมาchoi maaในnaiยามเย็นyaam yenกลับglàpทำให้tam hâiมุมmumสวนsŭuanธรรมดาtam-má-daaดูdooน่ารื่นรมย์nâa-rêun-romขึ้นkêun
Although the flowers of Mimusops elengi are small, their delicate fragrance drifting through the evening air makes an ordinary corner of the garden feel more delightful.
ซางดงsaang dongเป็นbpenไม้máiที่têeให้hâiทั้งtángดอกdòkหอมhŏmและláeผลpŏnที่têeกินได้gin dâaiจึงjeungไม่mâiน่าแปลกใจnâa bplàek jaiที่têeเจ้าของjâo kŏngสวนsŭuanจะjàเก็บgèpต้นdtônเก่าgàoไว้wáiแม้máeต้องdtôngปรับพื้นที่bpràp péun-têeใหม่màiเกือบgèuapทั้งหมดtáng mòt
Mimusops elengi provides both fragrant flowers and edible fruit, so it is hardly surprising that the garden owner kept the old tree despite having to redesign almost the entire space.