มีดพร้า(mêet práa)
Meanings
1NounB1
machete; billhook
a large, heavy agricultural knife, like a machete or billhook, used for clearing thick plants and cutting small branches.
Examples
พ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: father of; master ofใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]มีดพร้าmêet práaมีดพร้าmêet práamachete; billhookถางหญ้าtăang yâaถางหญ้าtăang yâa[to] clear grass; [to] clear overgrowthที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appearรกrókรกrók1messy; cluttered2overgrown; weedy3annoying; in the way4placentaหลังบ้านlăng bâanหลังบ้านlăng bâan1back of the house; backyard2domestic affairs; family side (figurative)3behind-the-scenes influence (politics/business)
Dad used a machete to clear the overgrown grass behind the house.