สาป
sàapMeanings
1VerbB2
[to] curse; put a curse on
To invoke a supernatural curse intended to bring misfortune or harm to someone or something.
Examples
ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)เล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeคนkonคนkon1person; human2classifier: peopleใจร้ายjai-ráaiใจร้ายjai-ráaicruel; meanจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)ถูกtùukถูกtùuk1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3to be correct/right4proper; morally right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6passive marker (often adverse)เจ้าป่าjâao-bpàaเจ้าป่าjâao-bpàa1tiger; king/lord of the forest2forest spirit; guardian spirit of the forestช่วยchûuaiช่วยchûuai1[to] help; assist [sb/sth]2please (request marker)3[to] save; rescue [sb]สาปsàapสาปsàap1[to] curse; put a curse on2[to] condemn; drag (slang)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3[to] have [sb] do; cause to4for (benefit of)5so that; in order to6until; to the point that (result)เคราะห์krɔ́เคราะห์krɔ́1misfortune; ill luck; calamity2fortune; fate; luckซ้ำsámซ้ำsám1again; repeatedly2[to] repeat; do again3duplicate; repeated; identical4on top of that; moreover (worsening)กรรมgamกรรมgam1damn it; what bad luck! (colloquial)2karma; deed (Buddhist moral causation)3deed; act (with moral weight)4fate; consequence; retributionซ้อนsɔ́ɔnซ้อนsɔ́ɔn1[to] stack; pile; layer2[to] overlap; superimpose3layered; stacked; overlapping4[to] ride pillion
Grandma said that cruel people would be cursed by the forest spirit to suffer repeated misfortunes.
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The villagers fear the statue will curse those who show disrespect.
แม่mɛ̂ɛหมอmɔ̌ɔทำพิธีtam-pí-tiiสาปsàapโจรjooให้hâiเจ็บป่วยjèp-bpùuaiไม่หยุดmâi-yùtจนกว่าจะjon-gwàa-jàคืนkʉʉnของkɔ̌ɔng
The shaman performed a ritual to curse the thief with constant illness until he returned the items.
ตำนานdtam-naanเล่าlâoว่าwâaผู้ใดpûu-daiทรยศtɔɔ-rá-yótบ้านเมืองbâan-mʉʉangจะjàถูกtùukสาปsàapให้ตกhâi-dtòkต่ำdtàmไร้ที่พึ่งrái-tîi-pʉ̂ngชั่วchûuaลูกlûukชั่วchûuaหลานlǎan
Legend says that anyone who betrays the nation will be cursed to fall into destitution for generations.
2VerbB2
[to] condemn; drag (slang)
Internet slang: to harshly criticize, condemn, or ‘drag’ [sb]/[sth], often with moral judgment or disgust.
Examples
เมื่อคืนmʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉnเมื่อคืนmʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉn1last night (the night before today)2last nightทวิตเตอร์tá-wít-dtə̂əทวิตเตอร์tá-wít-dtə̂əTwitter/X (social platform)สาปsàapสาปsàap1[to] curse; put a curse on2[to] condemn; drag (slang)แบรนด์brɛɛnแบรนด์brɛɛn1brand (name/trademark)2brand (image/identity)นั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3(topic-marking or emphatic particle)ยับyápยับyáp1crumpled; wrinkled2in tatters; ruined; badly damaged3badly; severely; to bitsเพราะprɔ́เพราะprɔ́1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingโฆษณาkoo-sà-naaโฆษณาkoo-sà-naa1advertisement; ad2[to] advertise; publicize; promoteไม่เหมาะสมmâi-mɔ̀-sǒmไม่เหมาะสมmâi-mɔ̀-sǒminappropriate; unsuitable
Last night, Twitter dragged that brand hard because the ad was inappropriate.
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He posted a discriminatory remark and got condemned in the comments all day.
ดราม่าdraa-mâaรอบนี้rɔ̂ɔp-níiหนักnàkมากmâakจนjonคนkonทั้งtángเพจpèetพร้อมใจกันprɔ́ɔm-jai-ganสาปsàapผู้จัดงานpûu-jàt-ngaanเรื่องrʉ̂ʉangเอาเปรียบao-bprìiapอาสาสมัครaa-sǎa-sà-màk
This round of drama is intense; the whole page joined in to condemn the organizers for exploiting volunteers.
พอporหลักฐานlàk tăanโผล่plòhมาmaaทุกคนtúk konก็gâwสาปsàapอินฟลูเอนเซอร์in-fluu-en-serเรื่องrêuuangขายkăaiคอร์สkósเวอร์wêrเกินจริงgern jingแบบbàepไม่mâiไว้หน้าwái nâa
Once the evidence surfaced, everyone mercilessly dragged the influencer for selling an exaggerated course.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableEnds in -ป, a stop, so it is dead.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Low tone
sàap
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
High class + No tone mark + Dead syllable → Low
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 | — | — |