ดีปลี
dii-bpliiMeanings
1NounA1
chili pepper (Southern Thai)
A Southern Thai word for a chili plant or its pungent fruit, used to add heat to food.
Examples
ดีปลีdii-bpliiดีปลีdii-bplii1chili pepper (Southern Thai)2long pepperสีแดงsǐi-dɛɛngสีแดงsǐi-dɛɛng1the color red2red; red-coloredเม็ดmétเม็ดmét1grain; bead; pellet2seed; kernel3tablet; pill4drop; raindrop5classifier: small round itemsนี้níiนี้níi1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เผ็ดpètเผ็ดpèt1spicy; hot (pungent)2figuratively fierce/bitingมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2much; a lot; greatly3many; numerous
This red chili is very spicy.
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Mom slices chilies and adds them to the fish sauce.
Yesterday I bought red chilies to make chili dip.
Tomorrow Mom will put fresh chilies in the sour curry.
2NounB2
long pepper
A climbing pepper plant, Piper retrofractum, or its elongated fruit spikes, which are used as a spice and in traditional medicine.
Examples
ดีปลีdii-bpliiดีปลีdii-bplii1chili pepper (Southern Thai)2long pepperเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)ไม้máaiไม้máai1wood; timber2stick; rod; club; bat3classifier: skewers of food4tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)5tool; implementเถาtǎoเถาtǎo1vine; climbing stem2classifier: sets of tiered containers3classifier: vines/stems4lineage/ancestral line (literary)เลื้อยlʉ́ʉaiเลื้อยlʉ́ʉai1[to] crawl; creep; slither2[to] climb/spread (of vines/plants)จึงjʉngจึงjʉng1therefore; so; thus2only then; then (as a result)ต้องมีdtɔ̂ng-miiต้องมีdtɔ̂ng-mii[to] need to have; be required to haveค้างkáangค้างkáang1[to] stay over; spend the night2[to] remain; be left over3[to be] overdue; outstanding4[to] remain suspended; be stuck in position5[to] freeze; stop respondingให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3to; for [sb] (recipient)4[to] have [sb] do; cause to5for (benefit of)6so that; in order to7until; to the point that (result)เกาะgɔ̀เกาะgɔ̀1island2[to] cling; [to] hold on3[to] stick; [to] adhere4[to] come close to shore (of a boat)5[to] rely on [sb] for support or advantage (figurative)
Long pepper is a climbing vine, so it needs a support to climb on.
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ยายyaaiตากdtàakช่อchɔ̂ɔผลดีpǒn-diiปลีbpliiให้hâiแห้งhɛ̂ɛngแล้วlɛ́ɛoนำไปnam-bpaiบดbòtเป็นbpenเครื่องเทศkrʉ̂ʉang-têet
Grandma dries the long pepper fruit spikes and then grinds them for use as a spice.
ช่อchɔ̂ɔผลดีpǒn-diiปลีbpliiมีmiiลักษณะlák-sà-nàเป็นbpenแท่งtɛ̂ngยาวyaaoเมื่อmʉ̂ʉaทำให้tam-hâiแห้งhɛ̂ɛngแล้วlɛ́ɛoสามารถsǎa-mâatนำไปnam-bpaiบดbòtใช้cháiเป็นbpenเครื่องเทศkrʉ̂ʉang-têetได้dâai
Long pepper fruit spikes are elongated and can be ground for use as a spice once dried.
ในnaiตำรับยาdtam-ráp-yaaไทยtaiบางbaangตำรับdtam-rápมีmiiการใช้gaan-cháiผลดีpǒn-diiปลีbpliiแห้งhɛ̂ɛngร่วมกับrûuam-gàpสมุนไพรsà-mǔn-praiชนิดchá-nítอื่นʉ̀ʉnเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaช่วยchûuaiขับลมkàp-lom
In some traditional Thai medicinal formulas, dried long pepper fruits are combined with other herbs to help relieve gas.
Tones
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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
dii
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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ดีปลีdii-bpliiดีปลีdii-bpliichili pepper (Southern Thai)chili pepper (Southern Thai)Word