มะน้ำ
má-náamMeaning
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bottle gourd (Northern Thai)
A Northern Thai name for the bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria), a climbing vine, or its fruit. The young fruit is edible, while the hard shell of the mature fruit can be dried and used as a container.
Examples
ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)เก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to keep; store; put away2to collect; pick up; gather3to tidy up; put in order4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to charge; take (a fee/payment)7[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)มะน้ำmá-náamมะน้ำmá-náambottle gourd (Northern Thai)ลูกอ่อนlûuk-ɔ̀ɔnลูกอ่อนlûuk-ɔ̀ɔn1a baby; an infant2young offspring (of an animal)จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmสวนมาsǔuan-maaสวนมาsǔuan-maa[to] come from the opposite directionทำแกงtam-gɛɛngทำแกงtam-gɛɛng[to] make curryให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3to; for [sb] (recipient)4[to] have [sb] do; cause to5for (benefit of)6so that; in order to7until; to the point that (result)พวกเราpûuak-raoพวกเราpûuak-rao1we; us2our group; our sideกินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] take medicine (colloquial)4[to] consume; use up5[to] corrode; erode; eat into6[to] take (a bribe); pocket7[to] capture; take (a piece in a board game)
Grandma picked a young bottle gourd from the garden to make a curry for us.
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Dad built a trellis for the bottle gourd vine to climb and waters it every evening.
ฉันchǎnเพิ่งpə̂ngรู้rúuว่าwâaมะน้ำmá-náamที่tîiยายyaaiปลูกbplùukคือkʉʉน้ำเต้าnáam-dtâoซึ่งsʉ̂ngเป็นbpenไม้máaiเถาtǎoที่tîiนำnamผลpǒnอ่อนɔ̀ɔnมาmaaทำอาหารtam-aa-hǎanได้dâai
I just learned that the ma nam Grandma grows is bottle gourd, a climbing vine whose young fruit can be used in cooking.
แทนที่จะtɛɛn-tîi-jàเก็บgèpมะน้ำmá-náamทุกtúkลูกlûukมากินmaa-ginยายyaaiปล่อยbplɔ̀iบางbaangลูกlûukให้แก่hâi-gɛ̀ɛจัดjàtแล้วlɛ́ɛoนำมาnam-maaตากแห้งdtàak-hɛ̂ɛngและlɛ́เอาaoเนื้อnʉ́ʉaกับgàpเมล็ดmá-létออกɔ̀ɔkเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaใช้cháiเปลือกbplʉ̀ʉakแข็งkɛ̌ngเป็นbpenภาชนะpaa-chá-ná
Instead of picking every bottle gourd to eat, Grandma lets some mature fully, then dries them and removes the flesh and seeds so the hard shells can be used as containers.
Tones
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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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
มะmáมะmá1come on; please (urge/invite)2hey!; come! (call attention)3fruit-name prefix (bound)come on; please (urge/invite)Part 1
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มะน้ำmá-náamมะน้ำmá-náambottle gourd (Northern Thai)bottle gourd (Northern Thai)Word