ปูเลย
bpuu-ləəiMeaning
1NounC2
plai ginger (Northern Thai)
A Northern Thai name for plai, a plant in the ginger family whose yellow rhizomes are used in traditional herbal medicine.
Examples
คนเหนือkon-nʉ̌ʉaคนเหนือkon-nʉ̌ʉaNorthern Thai person; Northerner (Thailand)เรียกrîiakเรียกrîiak1[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); name2[to] call out; summon; hail3[to] ask for; charge; demand4[to] draw attention; bring out a reactionไพลplaiไพลplai1cassumunar ginger (Zingiber montanum)2rhizome of phlaiว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeปูเลยbpuu-ləəiปูเลยbpuu-ləəiplai ginger (Northern Thai)และlɛ́และlɛ́and (coordinating)นิยมní-yomนิยมní-yom1[to] favor; be popular; be in vogue2favor; esteem; preference3custom; accepted usage4-ism; ideology; doctrineนำnamนำnam1[to] bring; take; lead2[to] lead; guide3[to] lead; be aheadเหง้าngâoเหง้าngâo1rhizome (botany)2ancestral stock; lineage (figurative)สีเหลืองsǐi-lʉ̌ʉangสีเหลืองsǐi-lʉ̌ʉang1yellow (color)2yellow (the color)3‘Yellow’ (Thai politics)4yellow (journalism); sensationalistมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect markerทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] act; behave3[to] cook; prepare food4[to] do; carry out (work)5[to] cause; makeลูกประคบlûuk-bprà-kópลูกประคบlûuk-bprà-kópherbal compressสมุนไพรsà-mǔn-praiสมุนไพรsà-mǔn-prai1medicinal herb; medicinal plant2herbal (as a modifier)
Northern Thai people call plai “pu loei” and commonly use its yellow rhizomes to make herbal compresses.
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หมอพื้นบ้านmɔ̌ɔ-pʉ́ʉn-bâanอธิบายà-tí-baaiว่าwâaส่วนsùuanของkɔ̌ɔngปูเลยbpuu-ləəiที่tîiนำมาใช้nam-maa-cháiทำtamลูกประคบlûuk-bprà-kópคือkʉʉเหง้าngâoสีเหลืองsǐi-lʉ̌ʉangใต้ดินdtâai-dinไม่ใช่mâi-châiลำต้นlam-dtônที่tîiเห็นhěnโผล่พ้นplòo-pónดินdinขึ้นมาkʉ̂n-maa
The traditional healer explained that the part of plai used in herbal compresses is its yellow underground rhizome, not the stem visible above the ground.
ยายyaaiยังyangเรียกrîiakไพลplaiว่าwâaปูเลยbpuu-ləəiตามที่dtaam-tîiคนเฒ่าคนแก่kon-tâo-kon-gɛ̀ɛในnaiหมู่บ้านmùu-bâanเรียกrîiakกันganและlɛ́เวลาwee-laaทำtamลูกประคบlûuk-bprà-kópก็gɔ̂มักmákเล่าlâoว่าwâaได้dâaiเรียนรู้riian-rúuวิธีใช้wí-tii-cháiสมุนไพรsà-mǔn-praiชนิดchá-nítนี้níiมาจากmaa-jàakแม่mɛ̂ɛของkɔ̌ɔngยายyaaiอีกทีìik-tii
Grandma still calls plai “pu loei,” as the village elders do, and when making herbal compresses she often says that she learned how to use this herb from her own mother.
ในnaiความทรงจำkwaam song jamของฉันkŏng chănกลิ่นglìnปูเลยbpoo loeiจากjàakลูกประคบlôok bprà kópอุ่นùnๆ-ผูกโยงpòok-yohngอยู่yòoกับgàpสัมผัสsăm-pàtจากjàakมือmeuuของkŏngยายyaaiราวกับraao gàpชื่อchêuสมุนไพรsà-mŭn praiพื้นบ้านpúuan bâanคำkamนี้néeห่อหุ้มhò hûmทั้งtángภูมิปัญญาpoom-bpan-yaaและláeความเอื้ออาทรkwaam êuuua aa-tonของkŏngคนรุ่นเก่าkon rûn gàoไว้wáiด้วยกันdûuai gan
In my memory, the scent of plai from warm herbal compresses is intertwined with the touch of my grandmother's hands, as though this local name for the herb holds both the wisdom and the care of older generations.
Tones
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How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
bpuu
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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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เลยləəiเลยləəi1at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)2so; thus; then (immediate result)3completely; absolutely (emphasis)4[to] pass; go beyond; exceedat all; whatsoever (often in negatives)Part 2
ปูเลยbpuu-ləəiปูเลยbpuu-ləəiplai ginger (Northern Thai)plai ginger (Northern Thai)Word