รพี
rá-piiMeaning
1NounC1
sun (literary)
A literary or poetic word for the sun.
Examples
รพีrá-piiรพีrá-piisun (literary)ลับlápลับláp1secret; confidential2[to] sharpen3private; out of sight; secluded4secretly; in private; on the sly5[to] disappear; recede; pass from sightขอบฟ้าkɔ̀ɔp-fáaขอบฟ้าkɔ̀ɔp-fáa1horizon2horizons; scope; rangeแล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)แต่dtɛ̀ɛแต่dtɛ̀ɛ1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)ท้องฟ้าtɔ́ɔng-fáaท้องฟ้าtɔ́ɔng-fáasky; heavensยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)5to; towardเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)สีส้มsǐi-sômสีส้มsǐi-sôm1the color orange2orange (colored)
The sun has slipped below the horizon, but the sky is still orange.
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เมื่อmʉ̂ʉaรพีrá-piiโผล่พ้นplòo-pónขอบฟ้าkɔ̀ɔp-fáaแสงsɛ̌ɛngแรกrɛ̂ɛkก็gɔ̂ส่องsɔ̀ɔngลงบนlong-bonทุ่งนาtûng-naaที่tîiปกคลุมbpòk-klumด้วยdûuaiหมอกmɔ̀ɔk
As the sun emerged above the horizon, its first light fell on the mist-covered rice fields.
รพีrá-piiคล้อยต่ำklɔ́ɔi-dtàmลงlongราวกับraao-gàpจะjàพักเหนื่อยpák-nʉ̀ʉaiทิ้งtíngแสงsɛ̌ɛngสุดท้ายsùt-táaiไว้wáiบนbonสายน้ำsǎai-náamที่tîiไหลเอื่อยlǎi-ʉ̀ʉai
The sun sank low as if pausing to rest, leaving its last light upon the gently flowing river.
ในnaiยามyaamที่têeความมืดkwaam mûetค่อยkôiๆ-ถอยร่นtŏi rônรพีrá-peeก็gâwเผยโฉมpŏei chŏhmเหนือnĕuuaแนวเขาnaeo kăoราวกับraao gàpปลุกbplùkโลกlôhkให้hâiตื่นdtèuunจากjàakนิทราnít-traa
As darkness slowly retreated, the sun revealed itself above the mountains, as though awakening the world from slumber.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is รพี said ระ-พี?
rá-pii
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
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
rá
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 | — | — |