ท่ง
tôngMeaning
1NounB1
field; rice paddy
An open field, often a rice field or pasture. (Dialectal, mainly Isaan)
Examples
มีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoควายkwaaiควายkwaai1water buffalo2fool; idiot (insult)ตัวหนึ่งdtuua-nʉ̀ngตัวหนึ่งdtuua-nʉ̀ng1one (of them); a certain one2one (classifier ‘ตัว’)ยืนอยู่yʉʉn-yùuยืนอยู่yʉʉn-yùu[to] be standing; stand (continuously)กลางglaangกลางglaang1middle; center2middle; central3in the middle; in the center4amid; in the midst of; mid-ท่งนาtông-naaท่งนาtông-naarice paddy; rice field
There is a buffalo standing in the middle of the rice field.
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ตอนเย็นๆdton yen yenพวกเราpûuak raoมักจะmák jàไปbpaiเตะบอลdtè bonกันganที่têeท่งtôngกว้างๆgwâang gwâangท้ายtáaiหมู่บ้านmòo bâan
In the evenings, we often go play football at the wide open field at the end of the village.
Dad went out to the field early in the morning to check the water in the rice paddy.
ภาพpâapของkɔ̌ɔngท่งนาtông-naaสีเขียวsǐi-kǐiaoสุดลูกหูลูกตาsùt-lûuk-hǔu-lûuk-dtaaในnaiฤดูฝนrʉ́-duu-fǒnเป็นbpenภาพpâapที่tîiติดตาตรึงใจdtìt-dtaa-dtrʉng-jaiผู้มาเยือนpûu-maa-yʉʉanเสมอsà-mə̌ə
The sight of green rice fields stretching as far as the eye can see during the rainy season is always an impressive image for visitors.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markMai ek
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Falling tone
tông
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Low class + Mai ek → Falling
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 | — | — |