นางแมว(naang maeo)
Meanings
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female cat (poetic/personified)
A female cat, used in a poetic, literary, or personified context. The term uses 'นางนางnaang1lady; woman (formal/literary; honorific)2Mrs. (title before a name)3heroine; female lead4celestial maiden; apsara; goddess5lady; consort (royal/classical)' (naang), a title for a female, giving it a more formal or endearing quality than the standard 'แมวตัวเมีย' (maew dtua mia).
Examples
นางแมวnaang maeoนางแมวnaang maeo1female cat (poetic/personified)2cat in a traditional rain-invoking ceremonyที่บ้านtêe bâanที่บ้านtêe bâan1at home; at one’s residence2one’s family; people at homeฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerนอนnonนอนnon1[to] sleep2[to] lie down; recline3reclining; lying downคลอเคลียklo-kliaคลอเคลียklo-kliacochlea (inner-ear spiral organ)บนbonบนbon1on; upon2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)ตักdtàkตักdtàk1lap (of a person)2[to] scoop; ladle; spoon up3[to] admonish; reprimand (mild/formal)ทุกเช้าtúk cháoทุกเช้าtúk cháoevery morning
My dear female cat at home loves to come and snuggle on my lap every morning.
2NounC1
cat in a traditional rain-invoking ceremony
The cat (traditionally a female black cat) that is the central figure in the 'แห่นางแมวแห่นางแมวhàe naang maeorainmaking ritual with a cat' (hàe naang maew), a traditional Thai procession and ritual to invoke rain during a drought.
Examples
ปีนี้bpee néeปีนี้bpee née1this year2this year; during the current yearฝนfŏnฝนfŏn1rain2[to] file; grind; honeไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ตกdtòkตกdtòk1[to] fall; drop2(rain/snow) fall3[to] fail (an exam/test)4[to] end up at; be assigned to; be allotted5[to] be left out; miss one’s turn6[to] cost; come to7[to] be startled; be alarmed8[to] drop; decline; decreaseชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)จัดjàtจัดjàt1[to] arrange; organize; set up2[to] provide; supply; allocate3[to] impose; levy; enforce; arrange (officially)4intense; extreme (colloquial)พิธีแห่นางแมวpí-tee hàe naang maeoพิธีแห่นางแมวpí-tee hàe naang maeorain-making ritual with a cat procession
It hasn't rained this year, so the villagers are going to organize the 'hàe naang maew' (cat procession) ceremony.
Word Breakdown
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นางแมวnaang maeoนางแมวnaang maeofemale cat (poetic/personified)