น้ำลาย(náam laai)
Meanings
1NounA2
saliva
The liquid produced in the mouth that helps with chewing and swallowing; saliva.
Examples
เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]เคี้ยวkíaoเคี้ยวkíao1[to] chew2[to] mull over; chew on (figurative)ข้าวkâaoข้าวkâao1rice (cooked)2rice (grain/uncooked)3meal; food (general)4rice plant; paddyน้ำลายnáam laaiน้ำลายnáam laai1saliva2spit; drool (saliva)ช่วยให้chûuai hâiช่วยให้chûuai hâi[to] enable; help [sb/sth] (to) do [sth]; make [sth] possible/easierกลืนgleuuanกลืนgleuuan1[to] swallow2[to] engulf; absorb3[to] blend in; harmonize4assimilation (ling.)ง่ายขึ้นngâai kêunง่ายขึ้นngâai kêun1easier (than before)2more easily (than before)3[to] become easier
When chewing rice, saliva helps make swallowing easier.
2NounA2
spit; drool (saliva)
Saliva, especially when expelled or dribbling (e.g., spit on the ground, baby drool).
Examples
เด็กdèkเด็กdèk1child; kid2young person (informal)3classifier: childrenน้ำลายไหลnáam laai lăiน้ำลายไหลnáam laai lăi1[to] drool; [to] salivate2[to] crave [sth]; [to] desire [sth] greatlyเปื้อนbpêuuanเปื้อนbpêuuan1stained; soiled; dirty (on a surface or clothing)2[to] get stained; get dirty3[to] stain [sth]; soil [sth]; smudge [sth]เสื้อsêuuaเสื้อsêuua1shirt; top2jacket; coat (outerwear) — regional/colloquial3classifier: ตัว
The child drooled on their shirt.
Word Breakdown
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น้ำลายnáam laaiน้ำลายnáam laaisaliva