ทุย(tui)
Meanings
1NounB2
water buffalo; short-horned buffalo
A water buffalo with short or curled horns; also a familiar name for a water buffalo generally.
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ชาวนาchaao naaชาวนาchaao naarice farmerพาpaaพาpaa1[to] lead to; result in2[to] take; bring; lead [sb]เจ้าjâoเจ้าjâo1prefix: familiar or affectionate term before names or nouns2classifier for businesses, suppliers, or individual parties3you (familiar/regional; archaic/literary)4lord; master; owner5ruler; prince (royal title)6deity; spirit (title/noun)ทุยtuiทุยtui1water buffalo; short-horned buffalo2bulging at the back (of the head)ไปbpaiไปbpai1(aspect) completed; already past2[to] go3away; off (directional complement/particle)4on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)กินginกินgin1[to] corrode; erode; eat into2[to] consume; use up3[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)4[to] take (a bribe); pocket5[to] eatหญ้าyâaหญ้าyâa1grass2weed; weedy vegetationที่têeที่têe1at; in; to (a place)2classifier: places; seats; individual servings3when; the time that (time marker)4place; spot; seat; space5ordinal marker6that/which/who (relative marker)ทุ่งนาtûng naaทุ่งนาtûng naarice field; paddy fieldทุกเช้าtúk cháoทุกเช้าtúk cháoevery morning
The farmer takes the buffalo to graze in the field every morning.
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ตอนเด็กdton dèkๆ-ฉันchănเคยkoeiขี่kèeหลังlăngไอ้ทุยâi tuiเล่นlênกับgàpเพื่อนpêuuanๆ-ในnaiหมู่บ้านmòo bâan
When I was a child, I used to ride on the back of the buffalo with my friends in the village.
ปัจจุบันนี้bpàt-jù-ban néeเราraoแทบจะtâep jàไม่mâiเห็นhĕnคนใช้kon cháiเจ้าjâoทุยtuiไถนาtăi naaแล้วláeoเพราะpráwมีmeeรถไถrót tăiเข้ามาkâo maaแทนที่taen têe
Nowadays, we rarely see people using buffaloes to plow fields because tractors have replaced them.
2AdjectiveB2
bulging at the back (of the head)
having the back of the head rounded or bulging out
Examples
เด็กทารกdèk taa-rókเด็กทารกdèk taa-rókinfant; babyคนนี้kon néeคนนี้kon néethis personมีmeeมีmee1[to] experience; undergo2[to] have; possess3there is/are; existหัวhŭuaหัวhŭua1beginning; initial part2[to] laugh (Isan; archaic in standard Thai)3head (body part)4classifier: head-like items; bulbs; heads of nails/pins5header; title; headline6mind; mentality; way of thinking7top; end; tip8leader; chief; headทุยtuiทุยtui1water buffalo; short-horned buffalo2bulging at the back (of the head)สวยมากsŭuai mâakสวยมากsŭuai mâakvery beautiful; gorgeousเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because of; due to2because3melodious; pleasant-soundingแม่mâeแม่mâe1form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)2mother; mom3prefix: female; main; baseจับjàpจับjàp1[to] detect; pick up; sense2[to] arrest3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] touch; feel5[to] hold; grasp6[to] attack; come on (of fever)ให้hâiให้hâi1until; to the point that (result)2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3[to] give; provide4[to] allow; let; permit5so that; in order to6for (benefit of)นอนnonนอนnon1[to] sleep2reclining; lying down3[to] lie down; reclineตะแคงdtà-kaengตะแคงdtà-kaeng1[to] turn onto one's side; lie on one's side2on its side; sideways; slanted (tilted)3[to] tilt; tip; lean [sth/sb] to one sideตั้งแต่เกิดdtâng-dtàe gèrtตั้งแต่เกิดdtâng-dtàe gèrtsince birth
This baby has a beautifully rounded head because the mother has made him sleep on his side since birth.
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ช่างตัดผมchâng dtàt pŏmแนะนำให้náe-nam hâiฉันchănซอยsoiผมpŏmด้านหลังdâan lăngเพื่อให้pêuua hâiดูdooหัวhŭuaทุยtuiขึ้นkêun
The hairdresser advised me to layer the hair at the back to make my head look more rounded.
คนไทยkon taiมีmeeความเชื่อkwaam chêuuaว่าการwâa gaanจัดjàtท่านอนtâa nonให้hâiเด็กทารกdèk taa-rókอย่างถูกวิธีyàang tòok wí-teeจะjàช่วยให้chûuai hâiรูปrôopศีรษะsĕe-sàทุยtuiและláeไม่mâiแบนbaen
Thai people believe that positioning a baby properly while sleeping will help their head become rounded and not flat.
เธอterเป็นbpenคนkonที่têeมีmeeลักษณะlák-sà-nàศีรษะsĕe-sàทุยtuiสวยsŭuaiจึงjeungสามารถsăa-mâatทำผมtam pŏmทรงsongรวบrûuapตึงdteungได้dâiอย่างyàangมั่นใจmân jai
She has a beautifully rounded head shape, so she can confidently wear a tightly pulled-back hairstyle.