มอญซ่อนผ้า
mon sôn pâa
Meanings
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Mon Son Pha; hide-the-cloth (children’s game)
A traditional Thai children’s game where one player secretly drops a cloth behind others sitting in a circle; the person behind whom the cloth is dropped must chase the dropper.
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ตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèkตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèk1when (one) was a child; in childhood2one’s childhood period (noun phrase use)เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)เล่นlênเล่นlên1[to] act; perform (role)2casually; for fun (manner marker)3[to] tease; kid; mess with4[to] use; operate; take up (colloquial extension)5seriously; to a great degree (intensifier, often negative)6[to] play; have fun7[to] play (game/sport/instrument)มอญซ่อนผ้าmon sôn pâaมอญซ่อนผ้าmon sôn pâaMon Son Pha; hide-the-cloth (children’s game)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)เพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowนั่งล้อมวงnâng lóm wongนั่งล้อมวงnâng lóm wong[to] sit in a circleแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)แอบàepแอบàep1[to] do [sth] secretly; [to] conceal (one’s actions)2[to] secretly like; have a crush (without telling)3secretly; on the slyวางwaangวางwaang1[to] put; place; set (down)2[to] hang up (the phone); end a call3[to] lay (eggs)4[to] set; assign; impose5[to] put down; let go (emotion/attachment)6[to] lay out; formulate; establish (plan/policy/system)ผ้าpâaผ้าpâa1cloth; fabric; textile2cloth item3classifier: piece/bolt of cloth (Thai classifier)ข้างหลังkâang lăngข้างหลังkâang lăng1behind; at the back (of)2behind; at the back3the back; the rearกันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)อย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3in the manner of; -ly4classifier (for kinds/types)ตื่นเต้นdtèun dtênตื่นเต้นdtèun dtên1excited; thrilled (emotion)2[to] get excited; become thrilled3exciting; thrilling (causing excitement) [via น่า- form]
When I was a child, I loved playing Mon Son Pha with friends, sitting in a circle and secretly placing the cloth behind each other excitedly.
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มอญซ่อนผ้าmon sôn pâaมอญซ่อนผ้าmon sôn pâaMon Son Pha; hide-the-cloth (children’s game)