พิลาป
pí-lâapMeaning
1VerbC1
[to] lament; [to] mourn
to lament, to mourn, to bewail, or to weep bitterly (typically used in literary or poetic contexts)
Examples
นางเอกnaang-èekนางเอกnaang-èek1leading actress2female lead (character); female protagonist3the 'main girl' (figurative, colloquial)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)ละครlá-kɔɔnละครlá-kɔɔn1drama; play; theater show2theater; dramatic artsพิลาปpí-lâapพิลาปpí-lâap[to] lament; [to] mournรำพันram-panรำพันram-pan1[to] express feelings at length; lament (literary)2lament; plaint (literary)เมื่อmʉ̂ʉaเมื่อmʉ̂ʉa1when; at the time that2at; in; on (with time expressions)รู้rúuรู้rúu1[to] know; be aware of2[to] realize; find out; learn3[to] know how; know the proper way to act4[to] feel; sense; perceiveว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeคนรักkon-rákคนรักkon-ráklover; sweetheart; romantic partnerของkɔ̌ɔngของkɔ̌ɔng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsเธอtəəเธอtəə1you (informal; familiar)2she; herจากไปjàak-bpaiจากไปjàak-bpai1[to] leave; depart2[to] pass away; die (euphemistic)อย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3classifier (for kinds/types)4like; as; such as5in the manner of; -lyไม่มีวันmâi-mii-wanไม่มีวันmâi-mii-wan1never; under no circumstances2Never!; No way!กลับglàpกลับglàp1[to] return; go/come back2[to] turn over/flip/reverse3back; in return4contrary; on the contrary
The heroine in the drama lamented bitterly when she learned that her lover was gone forever.
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กวีgà-wiiแต่งกลอนdtɛ̀ng-glɔɔnบทbòtนี้níiขึ้นkʉ̂nเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaโศกsòokพิลาปpí-lâapถึงtʉ̌ngความรักkwaam-rákที่tîiไม่สมหวังmâi-sǒm-wǎngของkɔ̌ɔngตนเองdton-eeng
The poet composed this poem to lament his own unfulfilled love.
เสียงนกsǐiang-nókแสกsɛ̀ɛkที่tîiร้องrɔ́ɔngโหยหวนhǒoi-hǔuanในnaiยามวิกาลyaam-wí-gaanฟังfangดูคล้ายduu-kláaiเสียงsǐiangพิลาปpí-lâapรำพันram-panของkɔ̌ɔngดวงวิญญาณduuang-win-yaanที่tîiกำลังgam-langทนทุกข์ทรมานton-túk-tɔɔ-rá-maan
The eerie cry of the barn owl in the dead of night sounds like the bitter lamentation of a suffering soul.
ท่วงทำนองtûuang-tam-nɔɔngของkɔ̌ɔngดนตรีไทยdon-dtrii-taiเพลงpleengนี้níiแฝงfɛ̌ɛngไปด้วยbpai-dûuaiความเศร้าสร้อยkwaam-sâo-sɔ̂ɔiราวกับraao-gàpสตรีsà-dtriiที่tîiกำลังgam-langโศกsòokพิลาปpí-lâapถึงtʉ̌ngสวามีsà-wǎa-miiที่tîiสิ้นชีพsîn-chîipในnaiสมรภูมิsà-mɔ̌ɔ-rá-puum
The melody of this Thai classical song is imbued with deep sorrow, as if a lady is bewailing her husband who perished in the battlefield.
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
pí
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 | — | — |