วนวาสี
wá-ná-waa-sĕeMeaning
1NounC1
forest dweller; hermit (literary)
A person who lives in a forest, particularly a hermit or ascetic.
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)นิทานní-taanนิทานní-taantale; story (traditional/children’s)เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3classifier for stories/films/cases4about; regarding (as a topic marker)นี้néeนี้née1this2this oneวนวาสีwá-ná-waa-sĕeวนวาสีwá-ná-waa-sĕeforest dweller; hermit (literary)อาศัยอยู่aa-săi yòoอาศัยอยู่aa-săi yòo[to] live; reside; dwell; inhabitในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)กระท่อมgrà-tômกระท่อมgrà-tômhut; shackกลางglaangกลางglaang1middle; center2middle; central3in the middle; in the center4amid; in the midst of; mid-ป่าbpàaป่าbpàa1forest; woodland2the wild; wilderness3wild; undomesticated; uncultivated4jungle area (gaming)และláeและláeand (coordinating)เก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to keep; save; put away2to collect; pick up; gather3to tidy up; put in order4[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)5to charge; take (a fee/payment)6[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)ผลไม้pŏn-lá-máiผลไม้pŏn-lá-máifruitกินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] take medicine (colloquial)4[to] consume; use up5[to] corrode; erode; eat into6[to] take (a bribe); pocket7[to] capture; take (a piece in a board game)
In this tale, a forest dweller lives in a hut deep in the woods and gathers fruit to eat.
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แม้máeจะjàมีmeeผู้pôoชวนให้chuan hâiย้ายเข้าyáai kâoไปbpaiอยู่ในyòo naiหมู่บ้านmòo bâanแต่dtàeวนวาสีwá-ná-waa-sĕeผู้นี้pôo néeก็gâwยังyangเลือกใช้lêuuak cháiชีวิตchee-wítอย่างสงบyàang sà-ngòpในnaiป่าbpàa
Although someone invited this forest hermit to move into the village, he still chose to live peacefully in the forest.
แม้máeจะjàปลีกตัวbplèek dtuuaจากjàakสังคมsăng-komมานานmaa naanวนวาสีwá-ná-waa-sĕeผู้นั้นpôo nánก็gâwมิได้mí dâiตัดขาดdtàt kàatจากjàakเพื่อนมนุษย์pêuuan má-nútดังdangเห็นhĕnได้dâiจากjàakการให้gaan hâiที่พักพิงtêe pák pingแก่gàeผู้เดินทางpôo dern-taangที่têeหลงป่าlŏng bpàa
Although that forest hermit had long withdrawn from society, he had not severed his ties with others, as shown by his offering shelter to travelers lost in the woods.
ผู้เขียนpôo kĭianวาดภาพwâat pâapวนวาสีwá-ná-waa-sĕeว่าwâaเป็นbpenผู้ที่pôo têeมิได้mí dâiเพียงpiiangสละsà-làเรือนreuuanมาmaaอยู่yòoป่าbpàaหากhàakยังyangค่อยkôiๆ-ขัดเกลาจิตใจkàt glao jìt jaiผ่านpàanชีวิตchee-wítอันanเรียบง่ายrîiap ngâaiและláeสันโดษsăn-dòht
The author portrays the forest ascetic not merely as someone who has left home to live in the woods, but also as someone who gradually cultivates the mind through a simple, secluded life.
Tones
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3 syllables · pick one to see its rule
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
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
วนwonวนwon1[to] circle; go around; loop2[to] recur; come around again3forest; woodland (literary)[to] circle; go around; loopPart 1
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วนวาสีwá-ná-waa-sĕeวนวาสีwá-ná-waa-sĕeforest dweller; hermit (literary)forest dweller; hermit (literary)Word