ป้อ
bpɔ̂ɔMeanings
1NounA2
father (Northern Thai dialect)
father (Northern Thai dialect); equivalent to the Central Thai word พ่อพ่อpɔ̂ɔ1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: male person; leader; father figure.
Examples
ป้อbpɔ̂ɔป้อbpɔ̂ɔ1father (Northern Thai dialect)2[to] flirt with [sb]; court; woo (colloquial)ของฉันkɔ̌ɔng-chǎnของฉันkɔ̌ɔng-chǎnmy; mineเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)ชาวนาchaao-naaชาวนาchaao-naarice farmer
My father is a farmer.
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Father went to the market early this morning.
This evening, Dad will cook dinner for us to eat.
ถึงแม้ว่าtʉ̌ng-mɛ́ɛ-wâaป้อbpɔ̂ɔจะjàดุdùแต่dtɛ̀ɛเปิ้นbpə̂ənก็gɔ̂ฮักลูกhák-lûukทุกคนtúk-konเต้าdtâoกันgan
Even though Father is strict, he loves all his children equally.
2VerbB2
[to] flirt with [sb]; court; woo (colloquial)
to flirt with, court, or woo [sb]; to try to win [sb]'s romantic interest (colloquial); often heard as ป้อหญิง.
Examples
เขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillใช้เวลาchái-wee-laaใช้เวลาchái-wee-laa1[to] spend time [doing sth/with sb]2[to] take (a certain amount of) timeทั้งคืนtáng-kʉʉnทั้งคืนtáng-kʉʉn1all night; the whole night2the entire nightเดินตามdəən-dtaamเดินตามdəən-dtaam[to] follow [sb/sth] on footป้อbpɔ̂ɔป้อbpɔ̂ɔ1father (Northern Thai dialect)2[to] flirt with [sb]; court; woo (colloquial)สาวสวยsǎao-sǔuaiสาวสวยsǎao-sǔuaia beautiful young woman; pretty girlคนkonคนkon1person; human2classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3(topic-marking or emphatic particle)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)งานปาร์ตี้ngaan-bpaa-dtîiงานปาร์ตี้ngaan-bpaa-dtîiparty; social eventแต่dtɛ̀ɛแต่dtɛ̀ɛ1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)เธอtəəเธอtəə1you (informal; familiar)2she; herก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerไม่สนใจmâi-sǒn-jaiไม่สนใจmâi-sǒn-jai[to] not be interested; [to] ignoreเลยləəiเลยləəi1at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)2so; thus; then (immediate result)3completely; absolutely (emphasis)4[to] pass; go beyond; exceed
He spent the whole night following that beautiful girl around trying to flirt with her at the party, but she wasn't interested at all.
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เพื่อนpʉ̂ʉanฉันchǎnเตือนdtʉʉanว่าwâaอย่าyàaไปbpaiหลงคารมเขาlǒng-kaa-rom-kǎoเพราะprɔ́เขาkǎoชอบchɔ̂ɔpไปbpaiป้อbpɔ̂ɔผู้หญิงpûu-yǐngไปทั่วbpai-tûua
My friend warned me not to fall for his sweet talk because he likes to go around flirting with everyone.
ถึงแม้tĕung máeเขาkăoจะjàดูdooขรึมๆkrĕum krĕumแต่dtàeพอporได้dâiโอกาสoh-gàatก็gâwแอบàepไปbpaiป้อbpôrเลขาlay-kăaสาวสวยsăao sŭuayคนใหม่kon màiของkŏngแผนกpà-nàek
Even though he looks stern, when he got the chance, he secretly went to woo the division's new beautiful secretary.
ความพยายามkwaam-pá-yaa-yaamที่จะtîi-jàป้อbpɔ̂ɔหญิงyǐngของเขาkɔ̌ɔng-kǎoดูduuเงอะงะngə́-ngáและlɛ́ไม่mâiเป็นธรรมชาติbpen-tam-má-châatจนjonกลายเป็นglaai-bpenเรื่องตลกrʉ̂ʉang-dtà-lòkในหมู่nai-mùuเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉan
His attempt to woo the girl was so awkward and unnatural that it became a joke among his friends.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Falling tone
bpɔ̂ɔ
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Mid class + Mai tho → Falling
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 | — | — |