ธุ(tú)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] pay respect (baby talk)

to pay respect, greet, or thank by pressing hands together in a wai (used as baby talk)

Examples

น้องnóngน้องnóng1younger sibling2junior; younger personส้มโอsôm ohส้มโอsôm oh1pomelo (large citrus fruit)2pomelo treeทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveธุtúธุtú1[to] pay respect (baby talk)2[!] wai!คุณยายkun yaaiคุณยายkun yaaigrandmother; respectful term for elderly womanแล้วก็láeo gâwแล้วก็láeo gâw1and then; after that (sequence)2and also; plus (addition)3and; so; then (continuation/filler)รับrápรับráp1[to] receive; get2[to] accept3[to] pick up; collect4[to] admit; confess5[to] take (a call/order/job)6[to] take; catch (transport)7[to] host; welcome8[to] withstand; bearขนมkà-nŏmขนมkà-nŏm1snack; sweet; dessert2confectionery; pastryไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocket
Little Som-o did a 'thu' (wai) to her grandma and then took the snack to eat.
2InterjectionB1

[!] wai!

an expression used to tell a young child to pay respect or do a wai

Examples

ธุtúธุtú1[to] pay respect (baby talk)2[!] wai!จ้าjâaจ้าjâa1bright; dazzling2okay; yes (informal, friendly)คุณkunคุณkun1you (polite)2Mr.; Ms.; Mrs. (title)3quality; virtue; meritอาaaอาaa1respectful/familiar address for an adult peer of one’s parents2prefix (Pali/Skt.): “not-, without-”3paternal uncle/aunt (younger than one’s father)สิsìสิsì1[!] emphatic particle (statement)2[!] urging/encouraging particle (imperative)3[!] reassuring/affirming particleลูกlôokลูกlôok1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4seed; kernel (round unit)5classifier: round/small items6customer; client (colloquial)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ค่อยไปkôi bpaiค่อยไปkôi bpai1[to] go later; do it later2see you later (set phrase)เล่นlênเล่นlên1[to] act; perform (role)2casually; for fun (manner marker)3[to] tease; kid; mess with4[to] use; operate; take up (colloquial extension)5seriously; to a great degree (intensifier, often negative)6[to] play; have fun7[to] play (game/sport/instrument)ต่อdtòต่อdtò1[to] bargain; haggle2per; each (rate/unit)3[to] continue; go on4subsequently; then (adverbial sequence)5[to] connect; attach; join6next; following; subsequentนะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)
Say 'thu ja' (wai) to your auntie/uncle first, sweetie, and then you can go back to playing.