นาว
naaoMeanings
1NounA2
lime (fruit) (regional/colloquial)
lime, a small green citrus fruit with sour juice; regional or colloquial variant of มะนาวมะนาวmá-naao1lime (key/Thai lime)2lime tree
Examples
ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)ชอบchɔ̂ɔpชอบchɔ̂ɔp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)4[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)นาวnaaoนาวnaao1lime (fruit) (regional/colloquial)2vessel; ship (poetic/literary)ลงในlong-naiลงในlong-nai1to put into; to enter (data into)2into; onto; inน้ำปลาnáam-bplaaน้ำปลาnáam-bplaafish sauce
I like to add lime to fish sauce.
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Yesterday my mom bought limes from the market.
Tomorrow I'll make chili paste, so I must buy enough limes.
He squeezed lime into the tom yum and the flavor immediately became refreshing.
2NounC1
vessel; ship (poetic/literary)
a boat or ship; poetic or archaic sense
Examples
กวีพรรณนาgà-wii-pan-ná-naaกวีพรรณนาgà-wii-pan-ná-naa1poetic description; poetic depiction2poetically descriptiveว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeนาวnaaoนาวnaao1lime (fruit) (regional/colloquial)2vessel; ship (poetic/literary)ล่องlɔ̂ngล่องlɔ̂ng1[to] go downstream; float along2[to] cruise; voyage by water3[to] glide along (figurative)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already pastท่ามกลางtâam-glaangท่ามกลางtâam-glaang1amid; among2amid (situations)สายน้ำsǎai-náamสายน้ำsǎai-náamstream; flow/current of waterอันanอันan1general classifier for objects, items, or abstract things2which; that (relative pronoun, formal/literary)3as for; concerning (formal/literary topic marker)4thing; item; oneเงียบสงบngîiap-sà-ngòpเงียบสงบngîiap-sà-ngòpquiet; peaceful
The poet described a boat gliding amid tranquil waters.
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เสียงกลองsǐiang-glɔɔngเรือrʉʉaดังdangประสานbprà-sǎanขับkàpให้hâiนาวnaaoเคลื่อนผ่านklʉ̂ʉan-pàanหมอกmɔ̀ɔkยามyaamรุ่งสางrûng-sǎangด้วยdûuaiจังหวะjang-wàมั่นคงmân-kong
The rhythm of the boat drums propelled the vessel through the dawn mist with steady cadence.
เมื่อmʉ̂ʉaคลื่นใจklʉ̂ʉn-jaiซัดสาดsát-sàatผู้คนpûu-konก็gɔ̂ขอให้kɔ̌ɔ-hâiนาวnaaoแห่งhɛ̀ngชีวิตchii-wítยังyangทรงตัวsong-dtuuaไม่mâiแตกdtɛ̀ɛkพ่ายpâaiต่อdtɔ̀ɔพายุกรรมpaa-yú-gam
When the waves of the heart surge, people wish that the boat of life remains steady, not shattered by the storms of karma.
ในวรรคnai-wákทองtɔɔngนั้นnánนาวnaaoถูกtùukใช้cháiเป็นbpenอุปลักษณ์ù-bpà-lákแทนtɛɛnหนทางhǒn-taangที่tîiพาpaaผู้คนpûu-konข้ามผ่านkâam-pàanความทุกข์kwaam-túk
In that celebrated verse, 'naw' is used as a metaphor for the passage that ferries people across suffering.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ว, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
naao
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low 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 | — | — |