ร่า

râa

Meanings

1NounC2

mangrove palm (Nypa fruticans)

a plant name in some Thai dialects; refers to the nipa or mangrove palm

Examples

ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)แถบtàepแถบtàep1strip; band; bar2region; zone; area3almost; nearly; about4edge; margin; sideชายฝั่งchaai fàngชายฝั่งchaai fàngcoast; seashoreทะเลภาคtá-lay pâakใต้dtâiใต้dtâi1under; beneath; below2southern region; the South3southern; of the South (often as prefix ใต้-)4below; underneath (adverb)นิยมní-yomนิยมní-yom1[to] favor; be popular; be in vogue2popularity; fashion; vogue3-ism; ideology; doctrine4custom; accepted usageใช้cháiใช้chái1[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]ใบbaiใบbai1leaf2sheet; slip; card; ticket; bill; receipt3license; permit; certificate4classifier (flat/thin items)5blade6petal; sepalของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsต้นdtônต้นdtôn1tree; plant (tall/woody)2origin; source; root cause3initial; primary (as prefix)4beginning; early5stem; trunk; stalk; base6classifier: trees; plants; polesร่าrâaร่าrâa1mangrove palm (Nypa fruticans)2raft from palm midribs (dial.)3to be merry/cheerful (poetic)4classifier: strokes (rare)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerมุงmungมุงmung1[to] roof; [to] thatch; [to] cover a roof2[to] crowd around; [to] gather to lookหลังคาบ้านlăng-kaa bâanหลังคาบ้านlăng-kaa bâanhouse roofเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingหาได้ง่ายhăa dâai ngâaiหาได้ง่ายhăa dâai ngâaieasy to find; readily availableในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ท้องถิ่นtóng tìnท้องถิ่นtóng tìn1local; regional2the local area; locality
Villagers along the southern coast like to use leaves from the nipa palm to thatch their house roofs because they are easy to find locally.
2NounC2

raft from palm midribs (dial.)

regional term for a simple raft or small craft made from palm midribs

Examples

สมัยก่อนsà-măi gònสมัยก่อนsà-măi gòn1the old days; former times2formerly; in the past; back thenคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleทางใต้taang dtâiทางใต้taang dtâi1the south; southern region2southward; to/at/in the south3southern; of the southใช้cháiใช้chái1[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]ร่าrâaร่าrâa1mangrove palm (Nypa fruticans)2raft from palm midribs (dial.)3to be merry/cheerful (poetic)4classifier: strokes (rare)ที่ทำtêe tamที่ทำtêe tamthat/which (someone) did/madeจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)ทางtaangทางtaang1direction; side2method; means; manner3classifier: roads/routes/ways4side/party (institutional)5by; via; through (means or channel)6way; route; road; pathมะพร้าวmá-práaoมะพร้าวmá-práao1coconut (tree)2coconut (fruit)3classifier: ผล (for coconuts)ในการnai gaanในการnai gaanin; during; for [doing sth]; regardingข้ามkâamข้ามkâam1[to] cross; go over2[to] skip; omit3across; over; crosswise4beyond; past (time/limit)5cross-; trans-; inter- (prefixal use)คลองklongคลองklong1canal2natural stream; creek (dialectal/archaic)3classifier: canals/ditchesซึ่งsêungซึ่งsêung1which; that (relative pronoun)2which/and this; introducing explanationเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsภูมิปัญญาท้องถิ่นpoom-bpan-yaa tóng-tìnภูมิปัญญาท้องถิ่นpoom-bpan-yaa tóng-tìnlocal wisdom; indigenous knowledgeที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotน่าทึ่งnâa têungน่าทึ่งnâa têungamazing; astonishing; impressive; remarkable
In the past, people in the south used a 'ràa' made from coconut palm midribs to cross canals, which is a fascinating local wisdom.
3NounC2

to be merry/cheerful (poetic)

literary/poetic usage meaning cheerful or lively, often in fixed expressions

Examples

เด็กๆdèk dèkเด็กๆdèk dèk1children; kids2childish; immature3easy; trivial (colloquial)วิ่งเล่นwîng lênวิ่งเล่นwîng lên[to] run around for fun; rompกันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)อย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3in the manner of; -ly4classifier (for kinds/types)เริงร่าrerng râaเริงร่าrerng râa1cheerful; exuberant; carefree2[to] frolic; be merry; revelในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)สนามหญ้าsà-năam yâaสนามหญ้าsà-năam yâa1lawn; grassy yard2grass pitch; turf fieldเสียงหัวเราะsĭiang hŭua-rórเสียงหัวเราะsĭiang hŭua-rór1someone’s laugh; a single laugh2laughter; laughing soundของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsพวกเขาpûuak kăoพวกเขาpûuak kăothey; them (people)ดังก้องdang gâwngดังก้องdang gâwng1[to] resound; echo loudly2resounding; echoingไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)อากาศaa-gàatอากาศaa-gàat1air2weather3atmosphere (figurative); ambienceยามเย็นyaam yenยามเย็นyaam yenevening
The children played cheerfully in the field, their laughter echoing in the evening air.
4ClassifierC2

classifier: strokes (rare)

rare/classical classifier used for strokes of paddling or rowing in some texts

Examples

นายท้ายเรือnaai táai reuuaนายท้ายเรือnaai táai reuuahelmsman; steersmanจ้วงjûuangจ้วงjûuang1[to] scoop/ladle vigorously; dig in2[to] paddle hard; row forcefully (lit.)3[to] stab/thrust repeatedly4[to] eat greedily; wolf down (colloq.)พายpaaiพายpaai1[to] row; [to] paddle2oar; paddle3pie (loanword)4CL: paddles; oarsเพียงpiiangเพียงpiiang1only; merely; just2enough; sufficient (literary/formal)3as; as much as; only if/when4only; merely (preposed to nouns/phrases)ไม่กี่mâi gèeไม่กี่mâi gèe1a few; not many2only a few (of them)ร่าrâaร่าrâa1mangrove palm (Nypa fruticans)2raft from palm midribs (dial.)3to be merry/cheerful (poetic)4classifier: strokes (rare)เรือreuuaเรือreuua1boat; ship; vessel2classifier for boats/shipsก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reachอีกèekอีกèek1more; additional2again3else; other4yet; still (in comparisons/time)ฝั่งfàngฝั่งfàng1shore; bank2sideของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsคลองklongคลองklong1canal2natural stream; creek (dialectal/archaic)3classifier: canals/ditches
The boatman paddled just a few strokes, and the boat reached the other side of the canal.