รำโทน
ram-toonMeaning
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ram thon folk dance
A traditional Thai folk dance in which men and women dance in pairs around a circle, accompanied by singing and the rhythm of a thon drum.
Examples
พอpɔɔพอpɔɔ1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; whenเสียงsǐiangเสียงsǐiang1sound; noise2voice3vote4tone; timbre5phonetic toneโทนtoonโทนtoon1tone; color tone; tint2overall mood/styleดังขึ้นdang-kʉ̂nดังขึ้นdang-kʉ̂n1[to] become louder2[to] start to sound (of an alarm, bell, etc.)3[to] become famous; gain popularityหนุ่มสาวnùm-sǎaoหนุ่มสาวnùm-sǎaoyoung men and women; young peopleก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerจับคู่jàp-kûuจับคู่jàp-kûu1[to] pair up; pair off2[to] pair; match [sb/sth]3[to] mate; form a mating pairรำโทนram-toonรำโทนram-toonram thon folk danceไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyรอบrɔ̂ɔpรอบrɔ̂ɔp1around; surrounding2round; cycle; lap; turn3time slot; session4perimeter; circumference; surrounding area5classifier: rounds; laps; showings6all around; fullyวงwongวงwong1circle; ring2band; musical group3group; circle (of people)4classifier: sets (musical groups, rings)
As soon as the thon drum began to sound, the young men and women paired up and danced ram thon around the circle.
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เมื่อคืนmʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉnชาวบ้านchaao-bâanร้องเพลงrɔ́ɔng-pleengและlɛ́ตีdtiiโทนtoonให้hâiหนุ่มสาวnùm-sǎaoรำโทนram-toonกันganที่tîiลานวัดlaan-wát
Last night, the villagers sang and played the thon drum while the young men and women danced ram thon in the temple courtyard.
ครูkruuให้hâiเด็กชายdèk-chaaiกับgàpเด็กหญิงdèk-yǐngจับคู่jàp-kûuฝึกfʉ̀kรำโทนram-toonโดยdooiเดินdəənรำramไปbpaiรอบrɔ̂ɔpวงwongให้hâiเข้ากับkâo-gàpจังหวะjang-wàโทนtoonและlɛ́เสียงร้องsǐiang-rɔ́ɔng
The teacher had the boys and girls pair up to practice ram thon, moving around the circle in time with the thon drum and the singing.
แม้mɛ́ɛงานngaanปีนี้bpii-níiจะมีjà-miiดนตรีdon-dtriiสมัยใหม่sà-mǎi-màiด้วยdûuaiแต่dtɛ̀ɛชาวบ้านchaao-bâanยังyangจัดjàtรำโทนram-toonให้hâiชายchaaiหญิงyǐngได้dâaiจับคู่jàp-kûuรำramรอบrɔ̂ɔpวงwongท่ามกลางtâam-glaangเสียงร้องsǐiang-rɔ́ɔngและlɛ́จังหวะjang-wàโทนtoonเหมือนmʉ̌ʉanทุกปีtúk-bpii
Although this year's festival also features modern music, the villagers are still organizing ram thon so that men and women can dance in pairs around a circle to singing and the thon drum, as they do every year.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is รำโทน said รัม-โทน?
ram-toon
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 endingLive syllableThe vowel ำ hides a final -ม, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
ram
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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รำโทนram-toonรำโทนram-toonram thon folk danceram thon folk danceWord