มะอี้
má-îiMeaning
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lychee; lychee tree (Northern Thai)
A Northern Thai name for the lychee tree or its fruit, which has rough reddish skin, sweet translucent white flesh, and a central seed.
Examples
มะอี้má-îiมะอี้má-îilychee; lychee tree (Northern Thai)ลูกlûukลูกlûuk1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4fruit5classifier: fruits, balls, and certain other objectsนี้níiนี้níi1this2this oneมีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoเปลือกbplʉ̀ʉakเปลือกbplʉ̀ʉak1shell; rind; peel; husk; bark2surface; superficial appearance (figurative)สีแดงsǐi-dɛɛngสีแดงsǐi-dɛɛng1the color red2red; red-coloredและlɛ́และlɛ́and (coordinating)เนื้อnʉ́ʉaเนื้อnʉ́ʉa1meat; flesh2flesh; pulp (of fruit)3texture; grain (surface of materials)4human body (skin and flesh)5content; substantive matter6core/body of an object7marijuana (slang)สีขาวsǐi-kǎaoสีขาวsǐi-kǎao1the color white2white (in color)3figurative: pure/innocent/harmless
This lychee has red skin and white flesh.
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ยายyaaiซื้อséuมะอี้má-êeหวานwăanๆ-มาจากmaa jàakตลาดdtà-làatแล้วláeoปอกbpòkเปลือกbplèuakให้hâiหลานlăanกินgin
Grandma bought some sweet lychees at the market and peeled them for her grandchildren to eat.
ปีนี้bpii-níiต้นdtônมะอี้má-îiในnaiสวนsǔuanออกลูกɔ̀ɔk-lûukเยอะyə́เราraoเลยləəiเก็บgèpไปbpaiฝากfàakเพื่อนบ้านpʉ̂ʉan-bâan
The lychee tree in our garden produced lots of fruit this year, so we picked some to give to our neighbors.
ตอนdtɔɔnซื้อsʉ́ʉผลไม้pǒn-lá-máaiที่tîiตลาดdtà-làatในnaiเชียงใหม่chiiang-màiฉันchǎnเพิ่งpə̂ngรู้rúuว่าwâaผลไม้pǒn-lá-máaiที่tîiแม่ค้าmɛ̂ɛ-káaเรียกว่าrîiak-wâaมะอี้má-îiคือkʉʉลิ้นจี่lín-jìiที่tîiฉันchǎnชอบchɔ̂ɔpกินgin
While buying fruit at a market in Chiang Mai, I learned that the fruit the vendor called 'ma-i' was lychee, a fruit I love eating.
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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อี้îiอี้îi1like this; in this way (Northern Thai)2this; this one (Northern Thai)3question particle (Northern Thai)like this; in this way (Northern Thai)Part 2
มะอี้má-îiมะอี้má-îilychee; lychee tree (Northern Thai)lychee; lychee tree (Northern Thai)Word