หมูดุด
mǔu-dùtMeaning
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mole cricket (Southern Thai)
A Southern Thai name for a mole cricket, a burrowing insect with broad, strong front legs adapted for digging.
Examples
ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)เจอjəəเจอjəə1[to] meet; run into2[to] find; come across3[to] face; experienceแมลงmá-lɛɛngแมลงmá-lɛɛnginsect; bugกระชอนgrà-chɔɔnกระชอนgrà-chɔɔn1strainer; sieve2landing netในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)สวนsǔuanสวนsǔuan1garden; orchard; park2classifier: gardens/orchards/plantations3[to] oppose; contradict; go against4[to] move against; counter (direction)และlɛ́และlɛ́and (coordinating)ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)บอกว่าbɔ̀ɔk-wâaบอกว่าbɔ̀ɔk-wâa[to] say/tell that; report/declare thatคนใต้kon-dtâaiคนใต้kon-dtâaisoutherner (Thailand)เรียกrîiakเรียกrîiak1[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); name2[to] call out; summon; hail3[to] ask for; charge; demand4[to] draw attention; bring out a reactionมันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2greasy; oily; fatty3fun; thrilling; highly entertaining4he/she (colloquial, impolite)5starchy tuber; tuberous crop6fat; grease7shiny; glossy8creamy; rich (texture/taste)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeหมูดุดmǔu-dùtหมูดุดmǔu-dùtmole cricket (Southern Thai)
I found a mole cricket in the garden, and Grandma told me that people in southern Thailand call it mu dut.
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พ่อpɔ̂ɔเจอjəəหมูดุดmǔu-dùtตอนdtɔɔnพรวนดินpruuan-dinแล้วlɛ́ɛoมันmanก็gɔ̂รีบrîipมุดmútกลับglàpลงไปlong-bpai
Dad found a mole cricket while loosening the soil, and it quickly burrowed back underground.
หมูดุดmǔu-dùtมีmiiขาkǎaคู่หน้าkûu-nâaที่tîiกว้างgwâangและlɛ́แข็งแรงkɛ̌ng-rɛɛngจึงjʉngขุดkùtดินdinเป็นbpenทางเดินtaang-dəənใต้ดินdtâai-dinได้dâaiอย่างyàangคล่องแคล่วklɔ̂ɔng-klɛ̂ɛo
Mole crickets have broad, strong front legs, which allow them to dig underground tunnels with ease.
แม้mɛ́ɛหมูดุดmǔu-dùtจะjàอาศัยอยู่aa-sǎi-yùuใต้ดินdtâai-dinเป็นหลักbpen-làkแต่dtɛ̀ɛเราraoก็gɔ̂อาจàatพบpópมันmanบนbonผิวดินpǐu-dinได้dâaiโดยเฉพาะdooi-chà-pɔ́หลังlǎngฝนตกfǒn-dtòk
Although mole crickets mainly live underground, we may also find them on the surface, especially after rain.
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 classHigh classLeading หA silent ห before ม puts this syllable in high class.
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Rising tone
mǔu
Dips low first, then rises clearly.
High class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Rising
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 | — | — |