พ่อเฒ่า
pɔ̂ɔ-tâoMeanings
1NounB1
father-in-law
a person's spouse's father; father-in-law. (chiefly in Northern and Northeastern dialects)
Examples
ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)กลับบ้านglàp bâanกลับบ้านglàp bâan[to] go (back) home; return homeภรรยาpan-rá-yaaภรรยาpan-rá-yaawife (formal/neutral)ไปหาbpai hăaไปหาbpai hăa1[to] go see [sb]; [to] visit [sb]2[to] go look for [sb/sth]; [to] seek [sth]พ่อเฒ่าpôr tâoพ่อเฒ่าpôr tâo1father-in-law2elderly man; old man3maternal grandfather (Southern Thai)
I'm going back to my wife's hometown to see my father-in-law.
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สงกรานต์sǒng-graanปีนี้bpii-níiผมpǒmกับgàpแฟนfɛɛnจะjàกลับไปglàp-bpaiรดน้ำดำหัวrót-náam-dam-hǔuaพ่อเฒ่าpɔ̂ɔ-tâoแม่เฒ่าmɛ̂ɛ-tâoที่tîiขอนแก่นkɔ̌ɔn-gɛ̀n
This Songkran, my girlfriend and I will go back to pay respects to my father-in-law and mother-in-law in Khon Kaen.
พ่อเฒ่าpɔ̂ɔ-tâoของkɔ̌ɔngผมpǒmเป็นbpenคนใจดีkon-jai-diiท่านtânสอนsɔ̌ɔnผมpǒmหลายอย่างlǎai-yàangเกี่ยวกับgìiao-gàpการgaanทำเกษตรtam-gà-sèet
My father-in-law is a kind person; he taught me many things about agriculture.
เวลาway-laaครอบครัวkrôp kruuaภรรยาpan-rá-yaaมีmeeเรื่องสำคัญrêuuang săm-kanต้องdtôngตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jaiทุกคนtúk konมักจะmák jàไปbpaiขอkŏrคำปรึกษาkam bprùk-săaจากjàakพ่อเฒ่าpôr tâoเสมอsà-mĕr
Whenever my wife's family has an important decision to make, everyone always goes to seek advice from my father-in-law.
2NounB1
elderly man; old man
An elderly man; also used as a familiar or respectful form of address.
Examples
พ่อเฒ่าpɔ̂ɔ-tâoพ่อเฒ่าpɔ̂ɔ-tâo1father-in-law2elderly man; old man3maternal grandfather (Southern Thai)ครับkrápครับkráppolite particle (male speaker)ทางtaangทางtaang1way; route; road; path2direction; side3method; means; manner4by; via; through (means or channel)5classifier: roads/routes/ways6in terms of; in the field of7side/party (institutional)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyตลาดdtà-làatตลาดdtà-làat1market; marketplace2market (economic demand/sector)3popular; mainstream (colloq.)อยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainไหนnǎiไหนnǎi1which (asking to choose)2which one; which person/thing3where (question)4any; whichever (in indefinite constructions)ครับkrápครับkráppolite particle (male speaker)
Excuse me, old sir, which way to the market?
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ฉันchǎnเห็นhěnพ่อเฒ่าpɔ̂ɔ-tâoนั่งnângสานsǎanตะกร้าdtà-grâaอยู่yùuใต้ถุนบ้านdtâai-tǔn-bâanทุกวันtúk-wan
I see that old man weaving baskets under his house every day.
มีmeeพ่อเฒ่าpôr tâoคนหนึ่งkon nèungมาmaaเล่าlâoนิทานní-taanให้hâiเด็กๆdèk dèkในnaiหมู่บ้านmòo bâanฟังfang
An elderly man came to tell stories to the children in the village.
พ่อเฒ่าpôr tâoที่têeอาศัยอยู่aa-săi yòoท้ายtáaiหมู่บ้านmòo bâanเป็นbpenผู้รู้pôo róoเรื่องราวrêuuang raaoประวัติศาสตร์bprà-wàt-sàatของkŏngชุมชนchum-chonเป็นอย่างดีbpen yàang dee
The old man who lives at the end of the village is very knowledgeable about the community's history.
3NounB2
maternal grandfather (Southern Thai)
One's mother's father; a maternal grandfather, in Southern Thai usage.
Examples
ตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèkตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèk1when (one) was a child; in childhood2one’s childhood period (noun phrase use)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyนอนnonนอนnon1[to] sleep2[to] lie down; recline3reclining; lying downบ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4domestic; domesticated; cultivatedพ่อเฒ่าpôr tâoพ่อเฒ่าpôr tâo1father-in-law2elderly man; old man3maternal grandfather (Southern Thai)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerต่างจังหวัดdtàang jang-wàtต่างจังหวัดdtàang jang-wàt1upcountry; outside the capital2provincial; out-of-townช่วงchûuangช่วงchûuang1period; span (of time)2section; segment (part of something)3range; interval (between limits)4distance between supports5span; extentปิดเทอมbpìt termปิดเทอมbpìt term1school break; vacation2[to be] on break; between terms
When I was young, I liked to go sleep over at my grandfather's house in the province during school breaks.
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พ่อเฒ่าpɔ̂ɔ-tâoของฉันkɔ̌ɔng-chǎnมักจะmák-jàเล่าเรื่องlâo-rʉ̂ʉangผีpǐiให้hâiฟังfangเสมอsà-mə̌əเวลาwee-laaไปค้างคืนbpai-káang-kʉʉnที่บ้านtîi-bâanท่านtân
My grandfather would always tell me ghost stories whenever I stayed overnight at his house.
ที่นาtîi-naaผืนpʉ̌ʉnนี้níiเป็นมรดกbpen-mɔɔ-rá-dòkที่tîiพ่อเฒ่าpɔ̂ɔ-tâoของkɔ̌ɔngผมpǒmทิ้งไว้tíng-wáiให้hâiก่อนที่gɔ̀ɔn-tîiท่านtânจะjàเสียsǐia
This rice field is an inheritance that my grandfather left for me before he passed away.
ถึงแม้tĕung máeพ่อเฒ่าpôr tâoจะjàจากไปjàak bpaiนานแล้วnaan láewแต่dtàeคำสอนkam sŏnของkŏngท่านtâanยังคงอยู่yang kong yòoในnaiความทรงจำkwaam song jamของkŏngหลานๆlăan lăanทุกคนtúk kon
Even though grandfather has been gone for a long time, his teachings still remain in the memory of all his grandchildren.
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 markMai ek
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Falling tone
pɔ̂ɔ
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Low class + Mai ek → 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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
พ่อpɔ̂ɔพ่อpɔ̂ɔ1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: male person; leader; father figurefather; dadPart 1
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พ่อเฒ่าpɔ̂ɔ-tâoพ่อเฒ่าpɔ̂ɔ-tâofather-in-lawfather-in-lawWord