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Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] flatter; overpraise

To praise someone excessively, often to please or gain favor.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ยอyoยอyo1[to] flatter; overpraise2noni; Indian mulberry (tree/fruit)3lift net (fishing gear)4classifier: lift netsหัวหน้าhŭua nâaหัวหน้าhŭua nâa1boss; supervisor2leader; chiefเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofหวังwăngหวังwăng1[to] hope2[to] expect; count on3to hope for (something)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedเลื่อนตำแหน่งlêuuan dtam-nàengเลื่อนตำแหน่งlêuuan dtam-nàeng1[to] promote [sb]2[to] be promoted; get a promotion
He likes to flatter the boss in hopes of getting a promotion.
2NounB2

noni; Indian mulberry (tree/fruit)

Morinda citrifolia, a tropical tree and its fruit, used in traditional medicine, as food, and as a dye source.

Examples

ป้าbpâaป้าbpâa1auntie; middle‑aged/older woman (address)2aunt (older sister of father or mother)ปลูกbplòokปลูกbplòok1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)ต้นยอdtôn yorต้นยอdtôn yor1noni tree (Morinda citrifolia)2noni plant (general)หลังบ้านlăng bâanหลังบ้านlăng bâan1back of the house; backyard2domestic affairs; family side (figurative)3behind-the-scenes influence (politics/business)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)เอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasis7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)ผลยอpŏn yorผลยอpŏn yornoni fruitมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerหมักmàkหมักmàk1[to] marinate2[to] ferment3[to] apply and leave on (treatment)ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveเครื่องดื่มkrûueang dùuemเครื่องดื่มkrûueang dùuembeverage; drinkสมุนไพรsà-mŭn praiสมุนไพรsà-mŭn prai1herb; medicinal herb2herbal (as a modifier)
Aunt grows a noni tree behind the house and ferments the fruit to make an herbal drink.
3NounB2

lift net (fishing gear)

A square fishing net suspended from a frame, lowered and quickly lifted to catch fish.

Examples

ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ยกยอyók yorยกยอyók yor[to] flatter [sb]; [to] praise [sb] excessivelyขึ้นลงkêun longขึ้นลงkêun long1[to] go up and down; ascend and descend2[to] get on and off (a vehicle)3[to] rise and fall; fluctuateตามdtaamตามdtaam1[to] follow; go after2[to] comply with; abide by; obey3according to; in accordance with4along; along (a path); following (direction)5after; behind; in pursuit of6as; in the capacity of (ตามที่/ตามฐานะ)จังหวะjang-wàจังหวะjang-wà1rhythm; beat2tempo; pace3timing; moment4stroke; move; step (in sports/dance)5engine strokeน้ำขึ้นน้ำลงnáam kêun náam longน้ำขึ้นน้ำลงnáam kêun náam longtideเพื่อให้pêuua hâiเพื่อให้pêuua hâiso that; in order thatปลาbplaaปลาbplaa1fish (animal)2fish (as food)3classifier: fishเข้าไปkâo bpaiเข้าไปkâo bpai1[to] go in; enter (away from the speaker)2directional complement: into; in (away from speaker)ติดdtìtติดdtìt1[to] stick; attach; fasten2[to] be stuck; be attached; adhere3[to] catch; pick up (disease/odor/habit)4close to; adjacent; touching; contiguous5[to] follow closely; tailgate6owing; unpaid; in arrears; behind on7busy; occupied; engaged (line/seat/room)8[to] connect; turn on; switch to; tune to9[to] apply; put on; stick on10addicted to; hooked on; attached toในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ตาข่ายdtaa kàaiตาข่ายdtaa kàai1net; mesh2mesh; lattice pattern
Villagers raise and lower the lift net with the tides so fish get caught in the mesh.
4ClassifierB2

classifier: lift nets

A classifier used with lift nets (e.g., ยอหนึ่งผืน ‘one lift net’).

Examples

ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[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]ยอyoยอyo1[to] flatter; overpraise2noni; Indian mulberry (tree/fruit)3lift net (fishing gear)4classifier: lift netsสองsŏngสองsŏng1two; 22secondผืนpĕunผืนpĕun1sheet; stretch (flat expanse)2classifier (flat expanses/items)ดักdàkดักdàk1[to] intercept; cut off (someone’s path or message)2[to] head off; preempt [sb]/[sth] (colloquial)3[to] set a trap; ambush; lie in waitปลาbplaaปลาbplaa1fish (animal)2fish (as food)3classifier: fishตอนdtonตอนdton1episode; chapter2when; at the time (of)3section; part4time segment; periodหัวค่ำhŭua kâmหัวค่ำhŭua kâm1early evening2in the early evening3early-evening
The villagers use two lift nets to catch fish in the early evening.

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