บุญผะเหวด
bun pà-wàyt
Meanings
1NounC1
Bun Phawet festival (Isan merit-making)
An annual Isan-Lao Buddhist merit-making festival centered on the recitation of the Vessantara Jātaka (the 'Great Birth' story), celebrating the Bodhisattva's virtue of generosity.
Examples
ปีนี้bpee néeปีนี้bpee née1this year2this year; during the current yearฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)กลับบ้านglàp bâanกลับบ้านglàp bâan[to] go (back) home; return homeที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotร้อยróiร้อยrói1one hundred (100)2[to] compose verse; write in poetic form3[to] string; thread; link togetherเอ็ดètเอ็ดètone (literary/poetic)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ร่วมงานrûuam ngaanร่วมงานrûuam ngaan1[to] attend an event2[to] work together; collaborate3[to] join a workplace/team; be employed withบุญผะเหวดbun pà-wàytบุญผะเหวดbun pà-wàytBun Phawet festival (Isan merit-making)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ครอบครัวkrôp kruuaครอบครัวkrôp kruua1family; household2family unit (sociological)
This year, I'm going back to my hometown in Roi Et to join the Bun Phawet festival with my family.