บั่น(bàn)

Meanings

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[to] cut off; sever; shorten; truncate

To cut something off or apart; to sever. Often used for cutting the end of something. Can also mean to shorten or curtail something. Common in compounds such as ‘บั่นคอ’ (to behead).

Examples

คนสวนkon sŭuanคนสวนkon sŭuangardener; groundskeeper; garden workerใช้cháiใช้chái1[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]มีดพร้าmêet práaมีดพร้าmêet práamachete; billhookบั่นbànบั่นbàn[to] cut off; sever; shorten; truncateท่อนtônท่อนtôn1stanza; verse; passage2classifier (sections/lengths)3section (of the body)4section; piece (long, solid part)กล้วยglûuaiกล้วยglûuai1banana (fruit)2banana plant/tree3easy; a breeze (slang)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofนำไปnam bpaiนำไปnam bpai[to] take; carry; bring [sb/sth] (away/to somewhere)เลี้ยงlíiangเลี้ยงlíiang1[to] raise; bring up2[to] keep (as a pet); rear3[to] support; maintain4[to] host; treat5[to] feedหมูmŏoหมูmŏo1pig; hog2pork3easy; a pushover (informal)4fat person (impolite)5classifier: pig (head/animal)
The gardener used a machete to cut off a section of the banana stalk to feed the pigs.

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