ลัน
lanMeaning
1NounC2
bamboo eel trap
a traditional Thai trap made of a bamboo cylinder, used specifically for catching eels
Examples
ชาวบ้านchaao-bâanชาวบ้านchaao-bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)มักจะmák-jàมักจะmák-jà1often; usually (habit/frequency)2tend to; be apt/prone to (general tendency)นำnamนำnam1[to] bring; take; lead2[to] lead; guide3[to] lead; be aheadลันlanลันlanbamboo eel trapไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyดักdàkดักdàk1[to] set a trap; ambush; lie in wait2[to] intercept; cut off (someone’s path or message)3[to] head off; preempt [sb]/[sth] (colloquial)ปลาไหลbplaa-lǎiปลาไหลbplaa-lǎieelตามdtaamตามdtaam1[to] follow; go after2according to; in accordance with3after; behind; in pursuit of4[to] comply with; abide by; obey5along; along (a path); following (direction)6[to] send for; fetch [sb]7[to] light; kindle (literary)ริมrimริมrim1edge; rim; border2outermost; at the edgeคันนาkan-naaคันนาkan-naapaddy bund; rice-field ridgeในช่วงnai-chûuangในช่วงnai-chûuangduring; in the period ofฤดูฝนrʉ́-duu-fǒnฤดูฝนrʉ́-duu-fǒnrainy season; wet season; monsoon seasonที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerน้ำหลากnáam-làakน้ำหลากnáam-làakfloodwaters; high water
Villagers often take bamboo eel traps to catch eels along the rice field bunds during the rainy season when water overflows.
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การสานgaan-sǎanลันlanเป็นbpenภูมิปัญญาท้องถิ่นpuum-bpan-yaa-tɔ́ɔng-tìnที่tîiต้องdtɔ̂ngอาศัยaa-sǎiความชำนาญkwaam-cham-naanในnaiการgaanเหลาไม้lǎo-máaiไผ่pàiให้hâiได้สัดส่วนdâai-sàt-sùuanพอดีpɔɔ-diiกับgàpตัวdtuuaปลาไหลbplaa-lǎi
Weaving a bamboo eel trap is local wisdom that requires expertise in whittling bamboo to perfectly fit the proportions of an eel.
พรานpraanปลาbplaaผู้ช่ำชองpûu-châm-chɔɔngรู้rúuดีว่าdii-wâaควรkuuanวางwaangลันlanในตำแหน่งnai-dtam-nɛ̀ngที่tîiมีmiiดินโคลนdin-kloonและlɛ́น้ำนิ่งnáam-nîngเพื่อให้pʉ̂ʉa-hâiได้dâaiเหยื่อyʉ̀ʉaตัวโตdtuua-dtoo
An experienced fisherman knows well that the bamboo eel trap should be placed in muddy and still water to catch large prey.
ท่ามกลางtâam glaangกระแสgrà-săeการเปลี่ยนแปลงgaan bplìian bplaengของkŏngวิถีwí-tĕeเกษตรกรรมgà-sèt-dtrà-gamยุคใหม่yúk màiลันlanดักdàkปลาไหลbplaa lăiซึ่งsêungเป็นbpenเครื่องมือหาปลาkrêuuang meuu hăa bplaaแบบดั้งเดิมbàep dâng-dermกำลังgam-langค่อยๆkôi kôiเลือนหายไปleuuan hăai bpaiจากjàakหน้าnâaประวัติศาสตร์bprà-wàt-sàat
Amidst the changing tides of modern agriculture, the bamboo eel trap, a traditional fishing tool, is slowly fading from the pages of history.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -น, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
lan
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 | — | — |