พะยูน
pá-yuunMeaning
1NounB1
dugong; sea cow
the dugong (Dugong dugon), a large herbivorous marine mammal found in warm coastal waters, also called a sea cow
Examples
เมื่อวานmʉ̂ʉa-waanเมื่อวานmʉ̂ʉa-waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)เห็นhěnเห็นhěn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asพะยูนpá-yuunพะยูนpá-yuundugong; sea cowในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)สารคดีsǎa-rá-ká-diiสารคดีsǎa-rá-ká-dii1documentary (work)2documentary; factual (style)ทางtaangทางtaang1way; route; road; path2direction; side3method; means; manner4by; via; through (means or channel)5classifier: roads/routes/ways6in terms of; in the field of7side/party (institutional)ทีวีtii-wiiทีวีtii-wii1television (device)2classifier: เครื่อง3television (broadcast medium)
Yesterday I saw a dugong in a TV documentary.
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พะยูนpá-yuunเป็นbpenสัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยนมsàt-líiang-lûuk-dûuai-nomในnaiทะเลtá-leeกินginหญ้าทะเลyâa-tá-leeเป็นbpenอาหารหลักaa-hǎan-làk
The dugong is a marine mammal that mainly eats seagrass.
อุทยานùt-tá-yaanทางทะเลtaang-tá-leeกำลังgam-langสำรวจพื้นที่sǎm-rùuat-pʉ́ʉn-tîiหญ้าทะเลyâa-tá-leeเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaปกป้องbpòk-bpɔ̂ngถิ่นอาศัยtìn-aa-sǎiของkɔ̌ɔngพะยูนpá-yuun
The marine park is surveying seagrass areas to protect the dugong's habitat.
ชุมชนchum-chonท้องถิ่นtɔ́ɔng-tìnร่วมกับrûuam-gàpนักวิจัยnák-wí-jaiติดตามdtìt-dtaamการอพยพgaan-òp-pá-yópของkɔ̌ɔngพะยูนpá-yuunตามdtaamแนวnɛɛoชายฝั่งchaai-fàngน้ำอุ่นnáam-ùn
Local communities and researchers are tracking the migration of dugongs along warm coastlines.
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 classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
pá
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
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 | — | — |