มะลิว
má-liuMeaning
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guava (Northern Thai)
A Northern Thai name for guava: a tropical fruit with green or yellow skin, white or pink flesh, and numerous small seeds, or the tree that bears it.
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)มะลิวmá-liuมะลิวmá-liuguava (Northern Thai)จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmต้นdtônต้นdtôn1tree; plant2beginning; early3origin; source; root cause4stem; trunk; stalk; base5classifier: trees; plants; poles6initial; primary (as prefix)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect markerให้hâiให้hâi1[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)สองsɔ̌ɔngสองsɔ̌ɔng1two; 22secondลูกlûukลูกlûuk1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4fruit5classifier: fruits, balls, and certain other objects
Grandma picked two guavas from the tree for me.
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มะลิวmá-liuลูกlûukนี้níiเนื้อnʉ́ʉaขาวkǎaoและlɛ́กรอบgrɔ̀ɔpแต่dtɛ̀ɛตรงกลางdtrong-glaangมีmiiเมล็ดmá-létแข็งkɛ̌ngเยอะyə́
This guava has white, crunchy flesh, but there are lots of hard seeds in the middle.
พ่อpɔ̂ɔปลูกbplùukต้นdtônมะลิวmá-liuไว้wáiข้างบ้านkâang-bâanพอpɔɔมีmiiลูกlûukสุกsùkก็gɔ̂แบ่งbɛ̀ngให้hâiเพื่อนบ้านpʉ̂ʉan-bâan
Dad planted a guava tree beside the house, and whenever the fruit ripens, he shares it with the neighbors.
แม้mɛ́ɛมะลิวmá-liuลูกlûukนี้níiจะมีjà-miiรอยช้ำrɔɔi-chámที่tîiเปลือกbplʉ̀ʉakแต่dtɛ̀ɛเนื้อnʉ́ʉaข้างในkâang-naiยังดีyang-diiอยู่yùuฉันchǎnจึงjʉngตัดส่วนdtàt-sùuanที่tîiช้ำchámออกɔ̀ɔkแล้วlɛ́ɛoกินginส่วนที่เหลือsùuan-tîi-lʉ̌ʉa
Although this guava has bruises on its skin, the flesh inside is still good, so I cut away the bruised parts and ate the rest.
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 | — | — |