หมัก

màk

Meanings

1NounA2

[to] marinate

to soak food in a seasoned mixture to add flavor or tenderize before cooking.

Examples

แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseหมักmàkหมักmàk1[to] marinate2[to] ferment3[to] apply and leave on (treatment)หมูmŏoหมูmŏo1pig; hog2pork3easy; a pushover (informal)4fat person (impolite)5classifier: pig (head/animal)ด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toซีอิ๊วsee-íuซีอิ๊วsee-íu1soy sauce (general)2types: light (ซีอิ๊วขาว) vs dark (ซีอิ๊วดำ)และláeและláeand (coordinating)กระเทียมgrà-tiiamกระเทียมgrà-tiiamgarlic (plant/bulb)ก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; formerทอดtôtทอดtôt1[to] fry (in oil)2[to] stretch out; extend; lay out3[to] cast; throw (a net/line)4[to] bestow; dedicate (merit/charity)5[to] bestow; confer (royal/religious honorific)
Mom marinates the pork with soy sauce and garlic before frying.
2NounB1

[to] ferment

to subject to fermentation or allow to ferment (e.g., vegetables, alcohol, fermented foods).

Examples

เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)เอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasisกะหล่ำปลีgà-làm-bpleeกะหล่ำปลีgà-làm-bpleecabbageมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerหมักmàkหมักmàk1[to] marinate2[to] ferment3[to] apply and leave on (treatment)ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveกิมจิgim-jìกิมจิgim-jìkimchiไว้กินwái ginไว้กินwái gin[to] keep for eating laterเองayngเองayng1oneself; personally; by oneself2exactly that/itself3emphatic particle (self/only)
We ferment cabbage to make kimchi to eat ourselves.
3NounB1

[to] apply and leave on (treatment)

to apply and leave a substance to work over time, especially for hair or fabric (e.g., หมักผม = condition hair; หมักผ้า = soak fabric).

Examples

เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)หมักmàkหมักmàk1[to] marinate2[to] ferment3[to] apply and leave on (treatment)ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)ด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toครีมkreemครีมkreem1cream (dairy)2cream (cosmetic/medicated)3cream-coloredนานnaanนานnaan1for a long time2long (in duration)สิบsìpสิบsìp1ten2ten- (teens)3tens place/decadeนาทีnaa-teeนาทีnaa-tee1minute (time unit)2moment; minute (informal)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ล้างออกláang òkล้างออกláang òk[to] wash [sth] off/out; rinse [sth] off
Last night I conditioned my hair with a cream for ten minutes and then rinsed it out.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

แช่châeแช่châe1[to] soak; immerse2[to] marinate3[to] chill; refrigerate4[to] be soaked; become saturated
  • [to] soak; immerse
  • [to] marinate
  • [to] chill; refrigerate
  • [to] be soaked; become saturated
พอกpôkพอกpôk1[to] apply a poultice; plaster on2thick coating; poultice3sufficient; enough (variant of พอ, in set phrases)4[to] be sufficient; suffice (variant of พอ)
  • [to] apply a poultice; plaster on
  • thick coating; poultice
  • sufficient; enough (variant of พอ, in set phrases)
  • [to] be sufficient; suffice (variant of พอ)
หมักบ่มmàk bòmหมักบ่มmàk bòm1[to] ferment; age; cure2[to] marinate; macerate; steep3[to] ripen; mature4[fig.] build up over time
  • [to] ferment; age; cure
  • [to] marinate; macerate; steep
  • [to] ripen; mature
  • [fig.] build up over time
ดองdongดองdong1[to] pickle; preserve (in brine or vinegar)2[to] marinate; soak3[to] shelve; leave pending; sit on4pickled (food)
  • [to] pickle; preserve (in brine or vinegar)
  • [to] marinate; soak
  • [to] shelve; leave pending; sit on
  • pickled (food)
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