มักมาก
mák-mâakMeanings
1AdjectiveB2
greedy; excessively self-indulgent
Having excessive appetites or desires, especially for food and other sensual pleasures.
Examples
เขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)คนkonคนkon1person; human2classifier: people3[to] stir; mix by stirringมักมากmák-mâakมักมากmák-mâak1greedy; excessively self-indulgent2lustful; sexually insatiableในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)การกินgaan-ginการกินgaan-gin1eating; consumption2diet; eating habitsพอpɔɔพอpɔɔ1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; whenเห็นhěnเห็นhěn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asอาหารaa-hǎanอาหารaa-hǎan1food; nourishment2dish; meal3diet; what one eatsอร่อยà-rɔ̀iอร่อยà-rɔ̀i1delicious; tasty2[to] taste good; be deliciousก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerสั่งsàngสั่งsàng1[to] order [sth]; place an order (food/goods)2[to] command; instruct; direct3[to] prescribe; order (medical/legal/official)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofเต็มdtemเต็มdtem1full; filled2complete; entire; full (amount)3[to] be full4fully; completely; to the fullโต๊ะdtóโต๊ะdtó1table2deskทั้งที่táng-tîiทั้งที่táng-tîialthough; even thoughกินginกินgin1[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); pocketคนเดียวkon-diiaoคนเดียวkon-diiao1alone; by oneself; unaccompanied2only one person; sole
He is gluttonous: whenever he sees delicious food, he orders enough to fill the table even though he is eating alone.
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แม่mɛ̂ɛเตือนdtʉʉanฉันchǎnว่าwâaอย่าyàaมักมากmák-mâakในnaiการกินgaan-ginแต่dtɛ̀ɛฉันchǎnก็gɔ̂ยังyangกินginต่อdtɔ̀ɔทั้งที่táng-tîiอิ่มแล้วìm-lɛ́ɛo
My mother warned me not to be greedy about food, but I kept eating even though I was already full.
แม้máeหมอmŏrจะjàเตือนdteuuanให้hâiควบคุมอาหารkhwáp-khum-aa-hăanเขาkăoก็gâwยังyangมักมากmák mâakในnaiการกินgaan ginจนjonสุขภาพsùk-kà-pâapแย่ลงyâe longเรื่อยrêuuaiๆ-
Although the doctor warned him to watch his diet, he continued eating excessively, and his health kept deteriorating.
ความkwaamมักมากmák-mâakในnaiอาหารaa-hǎanและlɛ́ความสุขสบายkwaam-sùk-sà-baaiทำให้tam-hâiเขาkǎoใช้เงินchái-ngənเกินตัวgəən-dtuuaแม้mɛ́ɛจะjàรู้rúuว่าwâaตนdtonมีmiiหนี้nîiอยู่yùuมากmâakแล้วlɛ́ɛo
His excessive appetite for food and creature comforts made him spend beyond his means, even though he knew he was already deeply in debt.
2AdjectiveB2
lustful; sexually insatiable
Having an excessive desire for sexual pleasure, usually expressed with disapproval.
Examples
ภรรยาpan-rá-yaaภรรยาpan-rá-yaawife (formal/neutral)ทิ้งtíngทิ้งtíng1[to] throw away; discard2[to] drop; let fall3[to] abandon; desert4[to] leave behind; leave (sth) behind5[to] waste; squanderเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillมักมากในกามmák mâak nai gaamมักมากในกามmák mâak nai gaamlecherous; lustfulและláeและláeand (coordinating)แอบàepแอบàep1[to] do [sth] secretly; [to] conceal (one’s actions)2[to] hide; stay out of sight3secretly; on the slyมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoความสัมพันธ์kwaam săm-panความสัมพันธ์kwaam săm-pan1relationship; relations (people/groups)2connection; association; correlation (things/data)3mathematical relationกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3side dish; accompaniment4against; versus5to; toward (recipient/target)6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ผู้หญิงpôo yĭngผู้หญิงpôo yĭng1woman; girl; female person2women's; female (as modifier)หลายคนlăai konหลายคนlăai konmany/several people
His wife left him because he was lustful and secretly had affairs with several women.
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เธอtəəไม่mâiอยากyàakคบkópกับgàpผู้ชายpûu-chaaiมักมากmák-mâakที่tîiมีmiiคนรักkon-rákอยู่แล้วyùu-lɛ́ɛoแต่ยังdtɛ̀ɛ-yangเที่ยวtîiaoหาคู่hǎa-kûuนอนnɔɔnใหม่mài
She doesn't want to date a lustful man who already has a partner but still goes looking for new sexual partners.
แม้máeเขาkăoจะjàอ้างว่าâang wâaการมีgaan meeคู่kôoนอนnonหลายคนlăai konเป็นbpenเรื่องส่วนตัวrêuuang sùuan dtuuaแต่dtàeภรรยาpan-rá-yaaมองว่าmong wâaพฤติกรรมprút-dtì-gamมักมากmák mâakของเขาkŏng kăoเป็นbpenการทรยศgaan tor-rá-yótต่อชีวิตdtòr chee-wítคู่kôo
Although he claimed that having multiple sexual partners was a private matter, his wife viewed his lustful behavior as a betrayal of their marriage.
ละครlá-kɔɔnเรื่องrʉ̂ʉangนี้níiวิจารณ์wí-jaanความkwaamมักมากในกามmák-mâak-nai-gaamของkɔ̌ɔngตัวละครdtuua-lá-kɔɔnชายchaaiซึ่งsʉ̂ngยอมyɔɔmทำลายtam-laaiครอบครัวkrɔ̂ɔp-kruuaเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaสนองsà-nɔ̌ɔngความต้องการkwaam-dtɔ̂ng-gaanของkɔ̌ɔngตนเองdton-eeng
This drama criticizes the excessive lust of its male character, who is willing to ruin his family to satisfy his own desires.
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 vowelEnds in -ก, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
mák
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
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มักมากmák-mâakมักมากmák-mâakgreedy; excessively self-indulgentgreedy; excessively self-indulgentWord