บัก(bàk)
Meanings
1NounB2
fruit (Isan dialect)
a classifier-like prefix used in Isan before names of fruits (e.g., papaya)
Examples
เธอterเธอter1you (informal; familiar)2term of address (affectionate)3she; herชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocketบักหุ่งbàk hûngบักหุ่งbàk hûngpapaya (Isan/Lao)ส้มตำsôm dtamส้มตำsôm dtamsom tam; green papaya saladเผ็ดๆpèt pètเผ็ดๆpèt pèt1somewhat/quite spicy2spicy; with some heat3fierce/sexy (style; slang)มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
She loves eating spicy papaya salad.
2NounC1
prefix for male (Isan/Lao)
a colloquial Isan/Lao prefix before a male's name or noun, often rough or familiar in tone
Examples
บักหนึ่งbàk nèungบักหนึ่งbàk nèungthat guy; that person (Isan; mildly rough)โทรมาหาtoh maa hăaโทรมาหาtoh maa hăa[to] call [me/us]; [to] phone [me/us]อ้ายแนâai naeอ้ายแนâai naehey; you there (Isan/Lao)เดี๋ยวdĭiaoเดี๋ยวdĭiao1soon; in a moment2for a moment; briefly; one moment3wait! just a moment4if … then (warning; colloquial)5alternating; now … now …อ้ายâaiอ้ายâai1insulting prefix before a noun2you (rude/insulting; dialectal)3older brother (Isan/Lao; also male slightly older)สอนsŏnสอนsŏn1[to] instruct; train [sb]2[to] admonish; give moral guidance3[to] teach [sb] [sth]กีตาร์gee-dtaaกีตาร์gee-dtaaguitarให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permit
Hey Bak Nueng, give me a call; I’ll teach you guitar.
3NounC1
fruit prefix (Isan/Lao)
a prefix used in Isan/Lao before names of fruits (e.g., papaya), similar to calling something 'fruit-of ...'
Examples
คนอีสานkon ee-săanคนอีสานkon ee-săan1Isan person; Northeasterner (Thailand)2the Isan people (collective)เรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call out; summon; hail2[to] ask for; charge; demand3[to] recruit; enlist4[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); nameมะละกอmá-lá-goมะละกอmá-lá-go1papaya (fruit)2papaya treeว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeบักหุ่งbàk hûngบักหุ่งbàk hûngpapaya (Isan/Lao)เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ตลาดdtà-làatตลาดdtà-làat1popular; mainstream (colloq.)2market; marketplace3market (economic demand/sector)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)บอกว่าbòk wâaบอกว่าbòk wâa1[to] say/tell that; report/declare that2[of text/sign] say/indicate thatอยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forซื้อséuซื้อséu1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offบักหุ่งbàk hûngบักหุ่งbàk hûngpapaya (Isan/Lao)สุกsùkสุกsùk1cooked; done (food)2ripe (fruit)3heated through; warmed (by heat)4[to] ripen; [to] get cookedสักsàkสักsàk1teak2[to] tattoo3about; approximately4any; even (a little); at all5[classifier] treeลูกlôokลูกlôok1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4seed; kernel (round unit)5classifier: round/small items6customer; client (colloquial)
Isan people call papaya 'bak-hung'; when going to the market they might say they want to buy a ripe 'bak-hung.'