วายส
waa-yótMeaning
1NounC2
crow (literary)
A literary word for a crow.
Examples
เมื่อmʉ̂ʉaเมื่อmʉ̂ʉa1when; at the time that2at; in; on (with time expressions)เสียงsǐiangเสียงsǐiang1sound; noise2voice3vote4tone; timbre5phonetic toneวายสwaa-yótวายสwaa-yótcrow (literary)ดังขึ้นdang-kʉ̂nดังขึ้นdang-kʉ̂n1[to] become louder2[to] start to sound (of an alarm, bell, etc.)3[to] become famous; gain popularityจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmยอดไม้yɔ̂ɔt-máaiยอดไม้yɔ̂ɔt-máaitreetop; crown of a treeชายชราchaai-chá-raaชายชราchaai-chá-raaelderly man; old manก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerเงยหน้าngəəi-nâaเงยหน้าngəəi-nâa1[to] look up; [to] raise one's head2[to] hold one's head up (again); [to] face others without shameมองmɔɔngมองmɔɔng1[to] look at2[to] watch; observe3[to] view; regard; considerนกnókนกnók1bird2[to] get stood up; miss out (slang)สีดำsǐi-damสีดำsǐi-dam1black (color)2blackที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerเกาะgɔ̀เกาะgɔ̀1island2[to] cling; [to] hold on3[to] perch4[to] stick; [to] adhere5[to] come close to shore (of a boat)6[to] rely on [sb] for support or advantage (figurative)อยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remain
When a crow called from the treetop, the old man looked up at the black bird perched there.
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วายสwaa-yótโผpǒoจากjàakกำแพงวัดgam-pɛɛng-wátไปbpaiเกาะgɔ̀กิ่งgìngโพธิ์pooเสียงร้องsǐiang-rɔ́ɔngแหบพร่าhɛ̀ɛp-prâaของมันkɔ̌ɔng-manทำลายtam-laaiความเงียบkwaam-ngîiapในnaiยามพลบค่ำyaam-plóp-kâm
A crow flew from the temple wall to a branch of the bodhi tree, its hoarse cry breaking the silence at dusk.
กวีgà-weeเลือกใช้คำlêuuak chái kamว่าwâaวายสwaa-yótแทนtaenกาgaaเพื่อให้pêuua hâiบทประพันธ์bòt bprà-panมีmeeน้ำเสียงnám sĭiangขรึมขลังkrĭm klăngยิ่งขึ้นyîng kêun
The poet chose the literary word wayot instead of the ordinary word for crow to give the poem a more solemn, evocative tone.
ในnaiบทกวีbòt-gà-wiiนี้níiวายสwaa-yótมิใช่mí-châiเพียงpiiangนกnókสีดำsǐi-damที่tîiบินbinผ่านpàanท้องฟ้าtɔ́ɔng-fáaหากhàakยังyangเป็นbpenภาพpâapแทนtɛɛnของkɔ̌ɔngความตายkwaam-dtaaiที่tîiทอดtɔ̂ɔtเงาngaoครอบงำkrɔ̂ɔp-ngamความคิดkwaam-kítของkɔ̌ɔngผู้pûuเล่าlâo
In this poem, the crow is not merely a black bird crossing the sky; it also represents death, whose shadow looms over the narrator's thoughts.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
waa
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 | — | — |