บ่าน้ำ
bàa-náamMeaning
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bottle gourd (Northern Thai)
A climbing plant whose young fruits are eaten as vegetables and whose mature fruits have hard shells that can be dried and used as containers; also its fruit.
Examples
แม่mɛ̂ɛแม่mɛ̂ɛ1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)เอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: adverse consequence6come on; all right; go ahead7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)8keep on (doing); on and on (V + เอา ๆ)บ่าbàaบ่าbàa1shoulder2shoulder of a garment3[to] overflow; surge; floodน้ำอ่อนnáam-ɔ̀ɔnน้ำอ่อนnáam-ɔ̀ɔnsoft waterมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect markerแกงgɛɛngแกงgɛɛng1Thai curry (soup/stew)2[to] make curry; cook a curry dish3classifier: อย่างให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3to; for [sb] (recipient)4[to] have [sb] do; cause to5for (benefit of)6so that; in order to7until; to the point that (result)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] take medicine (colloquial)4[to] consume; use up5[to] corrode; erode; eat into6[to] take (a bribe); pocket7[to] capture; take (a piece in a board game)เย็นนี้yen-níiเย็นนี้yen-níi1this evening2this evening's (as a modifier)
Mom will make a curry with young bottle gourd for dinner tonight.
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ยายyaaiทำtamค้างkáangให้hâiบ่าน้ำbàa-náamเลื้อยlʉ́ʉaiขึ้นไปkʉ̂n-bpaiจะได้jà-dâaiเก็บgèpลูกlûukง่ายขึ้นngâai-kʉ̂n
Grandma made a trellis for the bottle gourd vine to climb so that its fruits would be easier to pick.
ตาdtaaเก็บgèpบ่าน้ำbàa-náamแก่gɛ̀ɛไว้wáiตากdtàakให้hâiแห้งhɛ̂ɛngแล้วlɛ́ɛoเอามาao-maaทำtamกระบวยตักน้ำgrà-buuai-dtàk-náam
Grandpa saved mature bottle gourds to dry and then made them into water dippers.
ที่บ้านtîi-bâanยายyaaiปลูกbplùukบ่าน้ำbàa-náamไว้กินwái-ginลูกอ่อนlûuk-ɔ̀ɔnแต่dtɛ̀ɛถ้าtâaจะjàเอาaoเปลือกbplʉ̀ʉakมาmaaทำtamภาชนะpaa-chá-náก็gɔ̂ต้องdtɔ̂ngปล่อยให้bplɔ̀i-hâiลูกlûukแก่gɛ̀ɛก่อนgɔ̀ɔnแล้วlɛ́ɛoค่อยkɔ̂iนำไปnam-bpaiตากdtàakให้hâiแห้งhɛ̂ɛng
At Grandma's house, we grow bottle gourds to eat the young fruits, but to use their shells as containers, we have to let the fruits mature first and then dry them.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markMai ek
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Low tone
bàa
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
Mid class + Mai ek → Low
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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บ่าน้ำbàa-náamบ่าน้ำbàa-náambottle gourd (Northern Thai)bottle gourd (Northern Thai)Word