บวบ(bùuap)

Meanings

1NounA2

luffa; sponge gourd (plant/fruit)

a vine gourd (genus Luffa) whose young fruit is eaten as a vegetable and whose mature fibrous interior is used as a natural sponge

Examples

นี่nêeนี่nêe1this (near the speaker)2this; this one (pronoun)3here is…; look/listen (attention-getter)คือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subjectบวบbùuapบวบbùuap1luffa; sponge gourd (plant/fruit)2loofah sponge3classifier: [sth] luffa/loofah (fruits or sponges)
This is a luffa.
2NounA2

loofah sponge

the dried, fibrous sponge made from the mature luffa fruit, used for washing or scrubbing

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]ใยบวบyai bùuapใยบวบyai bùuaploofah; natural spongeขัดตัวkàt dtuuaขัดตัวkàt dtuua1[to] scrub/exfoliate the body2body scrub treatment
I use a loofah to scrub my body.
3ClassifierB2

classifier: [sth] luffa/loofah (fruits or sponges)

classifier for luffa fruits or loofah sponges (e.g., บวบสองบวบ = two luffa/loofahs)

Examples

แม่ครัวmâe kruuaแม่ครัวmâe kruuafemale cook; woman who cooksบอกให้bòk hâiบอกให้bòk hâi[to] tell [sb] to [do sth]ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)เด็ดdètเด็ดdèt1[to] pluck; pick2decisive; firm3excellent; awesome (slang)4absolutely; completelyบวบbùuapบวบbùuap1luffa; sponge gourd (plant/fruit)2loofah sponge3classifier: [sth] luffa/loofah (fruits or sponges)หลังบ้านlăng bâanหลังบ้านlăng bâan1back of the house; backyard2domestic affairs; family side (figurative)3behind-the-scenes influence (politics/business)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerสักsàkสักsàk1teak2[to] tattoo3about; approximately4any; even (a little); at all5[classifier] treeสองsŏngสองsŏng1two; 22secondบวบbùuapบวบbùuap1luffa; sponge gourd (plant/fruit)2loofah sponge3classifier: [sth] luffa/loofah (fruits or sponges)
The cook told me to go pick a couple of luffas from the backyard.