มะผาง
má-pǎangMeaning
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Marian plum; plum mango (Northern Thai)
A Northern Thai name for มะปรางมะปรางmá-bpraang1marian plum; plum mango (fruit)2marian plum tree (Bouea macrophylla), referring to either the tropical tree or its small yellow-orange fruit with sweet or tart flesh.
Examples
ป้าbpâaป้าbpâa1aunt (older sister of father or mother)2auntie; middle‑aged/older woman (address)ซื้อsʉ́ʉซื้อsʉ́ʉ1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offมะผางmá-pǎangมะผางmá-pǎangMarian plum; plum mango (Northern Thai)สุกsùkสุกsùk1cooked; done (food)2ripe (fruit)3[to] ripen; [to] get cookedจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmตลาดdtà-làatตลาดdtà-làat1market; marketplace2market (economic demand/sector)3popular; mainstream (colloq.)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)เชียงใหม่chiiang-màiเชียงใหม่chiiang-mài1Chiang Mai (city in northern Thailand)2Chiang Mai Provinceแล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)แบ่งbɛ̀ngแบ่งbɛ̀ng1[to] divide; split2[to] share3[to] allocate; distribute4[to] separate; set apartให้hâiให้hâi1[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)ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)กินginกินgin1[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)ครึ่งkrʉ̂ngครึ่งkrʉ̂ng1half (50%)2half (modifier)ถุงtǔngถุงtǔng1bag; sack; pouch2classifier: bags; sacks; packets3condom
My aunt bought ripe marian plums at a market in Chiang Mai and gave me half the bag to eat.
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หลังบ้านlǎng-bâanมีmiiต้นdtônมะผางmá-pǎangอยู่yùuหนึ่งnʉ̀ngต้นdtônพอถึงpɔɔ-tʉ̌ngฤดูrʉ́-duuออกผลɔ̀ɔk-pǒnเราraoก็gɔ̂เก็บgèpมาmaaแบ่งbɛ̀ngเพื่อนบ้านpʉ̂ʉan-bâan
There is a marian plum tree behind our house, and when it bears fruit, we pick some to share with our neighbors.
คนเหนือkon-nʉ̌ʉaบางbaangพื้นที่pʉ́ʉn-tîiเรียกrîiakมะปรางmá-bpraangว่าwâaมะผางmá-pǎangซึ่งsʉ̂ngผลpǒnสุกsùkจะมีjà-miiสีเหลืองsǐi-lʉ̌ʉangอมomส้มsômและlɛ́มีmiiเมล็ดmá-létอยู่yùuตรงกลางdtrong-glaang
People in some parts of northern Thailand call marian plums 'maphang'; the ripe fruit is yellow-orange with a seed in the center.
ถ้าtâaจะjàส่งsòngมะผางmá-pǎangไปให้bpai-hâiญาติyâatที่อยู่tîi-yùuต่างจังหวัดdtàang-jang-wàtควรkuuanเลือกlʉ̂ʉakผลpǒnที่tîiยังyangไม่mâiสุกจัดsùk-jàtเพราะprɔ́ผลpǒnที่tîiนิ่มnîmแล้วlɛ́ɛoช้ำchámได้dâaiง่ายngâaiระหว่างrá-wàangขนส่งkǒn-sòng
If you want to send marian plums to relatives in another province, choose fruit that is not too ripe, because soft fruit bruises easily during shipping.
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
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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มะผางmá-pǎangมะผางmá-pǎangMarian plum; plum mango (Northern Thai)Marian plum; plum mango (Northern Thai)Word