มูมมาม
muum-maamMeanings
1AdverbB1
messily; greedily
in a messy, greedy, or piggish manner, especially when eating
Examples
อย่าyàaอย่าyàadon’t; do not (negative imperative)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)มูมมามmuum-maamมูมมามmuum-maam1messily; greedily2messy; gluttonousสิsìสิsì1will; shall (Isan)2emphatic particle (statement)3urging/encouraging particle (imperative)เดี๋ยวdǐiaoเดี๋ยวdǐiao1soon; in a moment2for a moment; briefly; one moment3wait! just a moment4otherwise; or else (colloq.)5alternating; now … now …ก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerสำลักsǎm-lákสำลักsǎm-lák[to] choke (on food, water, smoke, etc.)หรอกrɔ̀kหรอกrɔ̀k1emphatic denial (actually not; certainly not)2assurance/softener particle (explanatory tone)
Don't eat so greedily, you'll choke.
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He was so hungry that he ate that plate of fried rice messily.
เด็กๆdèk dèkแย่งyâengขนมkà-nŏmกันganแล้วláeoกินginอย่างyàangมูมมามmoom maamจนjonเลอะlóeเสื้อผ้าsêua pâa
The children fought over the snacks and ate them messily until their clothes got dirty.
ถึงtʉ̌ngคุณkunจะjàหิวhǐuแค่ไหนkɛ̂ɛ-nǎiก็gɔ̂ไม่ควรmâi-kuuanกินginมูมมามmuum-maamต่อหน้าdtɔ̀ɔ-nâaผู้ใหญ่pûu-yài
No matter how hungry you are, you shouldn't eat piggishly in front of elders.
2AdjectiveB1
messy; gluttonous
having messy, greedy, or gluttonous eating habits
Examples
เขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; she; him; her2they; them (context-dependent)3horn4mountain; 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 stirringกินginกินgin1[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)มูมมามmuum-maamมูมมามmuum-maam1messily; greedily2messy; gluttonousมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect markerตั้งแต่dtâng-dtɛ̀ɛตั้งแต่dtâng-dtɛ̀ɛfrom; since (starting point)เด็กdèkเด็กdèk1child; kid2young; not yet grown up3young person (informal)แล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)
He has been a messy eater since childhood.
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แม่mɛ̂ɛสอนsɔ̌ɔnน้องnɔ́ɔngเสมอsà-mə̌əว่าwâaอย่าyàaเป็นbpenเด็กdèkกินginมูมมามmuum-maamเพราะprɔ́มันmanดูduuไม่mâiงามngaam
Mother always teaches my younger sibling not to be a messy eater because it doesn't look nice.
การเป็นgaan-bpenคนkonกินginมูมมามmuum-maamอาจàatทำให้tam-hâiเสียsǐiaบุคลิกภาพbùk-ká-lík-gà-pâapเมื่อmʉ̂ʉaต้องdtɔ̂ngเข้าสังคมkâo-sǎng-kom
Being a messy eater can ruin your image when you have to socialize.
Tones
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How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ม, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
muum
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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 | — | — |