มรุ
má-rúMeanings
1InterjectionB1
[I] don't know (slang)
A texting slang form of 'ไม่รู้ไม่รู้mâi-rúu1[to] not know; be unaware (of); be uncertain2I don't know.' meaning '[I] don't know'.
Examples
Aการบ้านgaan-bâanการบ้านgaan-bâan1homework; school assignment2housework (colloq.)ส่งsòngส่งsòng1[to] send; dispatch2[to] submit; hand in; turn in3[to] drop off; deliver (someone/something)4[to] pass (to); feed (a ball)5[to] emit; transmit; send out6[to] escort; see off7wholesaleวันไหนwan-nǎiวันไหนwan-nǎiwhich day?Bมรุmá-rúมรุmá-rú1[I] don't know (slang)2desert
A: Which day is the homework due? B: Dunno.
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A: Are you coming to the party tonight? B: Don't know yet, not sure.
มรุmá-rúเหมือนกันmʉ̌ʉan-ganว่าwâaทำไมtam-maiวันนั้นwan-nánถึงtʉ̌ngตัดสินใจdtàt-sǐn-jaiพูดpûutแบบนั้นbɛ̀ɛp-nánออกไปɔ̀ɔk-bpaiคงจะkong-jàคิดkítน้อยnɔ́ɔiไปหน่อยbpai-nɔ̀i
I also don't know why I decided to say that on that day. I probably didn't think it through enough.
2NounC2
desert
A desert or arid region (literary).
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is มรุ said มะ-รุ?
má-rú
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
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
má
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 | — | — |