ซืน(seun)
Meanings
1NounC2
lead (metal)
lead (the metal) (primarily used in Northern and Northeastern/Isan dialects)
Examples
ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)มักจะmák jàมักจะmák jà1often; usually (habit/frequency)2tend to; be apt/prone to (general tendency)เอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasisซืนseunซืนseunlead (metal)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerหล่อlòหล่อlò1[to] cast; [to] mold (metal/material)2[to] pour water in a merit or blessing rite3cool; awesome (slang)4handsome; good-looking (male)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsลูกlôokลูกlôok1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4seed; kernel (round unit)5classifier: round/small items6customer; client (colloquial)ถ่วงtùuangถ่วงtùuang1[to] weigh down2[to] slow down; hold back3[to] balance (with weight)4counterweight; ballastแหhăeแหhăe1cast net; throw net2[to] cast a netเพื่อให้pêuua hâiเพื่อให้pêuua hâiso that; in order thatตาข่ายdtaa kàaiตาข่ายdtaa kàai1net; mesh2mesh; lattice patternมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoน้ำหนักnám nàkน้ำหนักnám nàk1weight (mass/heaviness)2importance; significance3emphasis; stressและláeและláeand (coordinating)จมน้ำjom náamจมน้ำjom náam1to drown (die)2to be submerged; sink under waterได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)เร็วreoเร็วreo1fast; quick (speed/time)2premature; too soon3quickly; fast
Villagers often melt and cast lead into fishing net weights so that the net has weight and sinks quickly.