หมูส้ม
mǔu-sômMeaning
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fermented sour pork
a traditional Thai preserved food made of fermented sour pork, typically prepared by fermenting pork with garlic, salt, and cooked rice
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseทอดtôtทอดtôt1[to] fry (in oil)2[to] stretch out; extend; lay out3[to] cast; throw (a net/line)4[to] lay out; present (religious offerings)หมูส้มmŏo sômหมูส้มmŏo sômfermented sour porkให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3to; for [sb] (recipient)4[to] have [sb] do; cause to5for (benefit of)6so that; in order to7until; to the point that (result)พวกเราpûuak raoพวกเราpûuak rao1we; us2our group; our sideกินginกินgin1[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)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3side dish; accompaniment4against; versus5to; toward (recipient/target)ข้าวเหนียวร้อนๆkâao nĭiao rón rónข้าวเหนียวร้อนๆkâao nĭiao rón rónhot sticky rice
Mom fried fermented sour pork for us to eat with hot sticky rice.
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ถ้าtâaคุณkunอยากyàakทำtamหมูส้มmǔu-sômคุณkunต้องdtɔ̂ngใช้cháiกระเทียมgrà-tiiamเกลือglʉʉaและlɛ́ข้าวสุกkâao-sùkในnaiการหมักgaan-màk
If you want to make sour pork, you have to use garlic, salt, and cooked rice for fermentation.
หมูส้มmǔu-sômของkɔ̌ɔngร้านนี้ráan-níiรสชาติrót-châatเปรี้ยวbprîiaoพอดีpɔɔ-diiและlɛ́ไม่มีกลิ่นmâi-mii-glìnคาวkaaoเลยləəi
This shop's sour pork has the perfect level of sourness and has no fishy smell at all.
การทำgaan-tamหมูส้มmǔu-sômถือเป็นtʉ̌ʉ-bpenภูมิปัญญาชาวบ้านpuum-bpan-yaa-chaao-bâanในnaiการถนอมอาหารgaan-tà-nɔ̌ɔm-aa-hǎanเพื่อให้pʉ̂ʉa-hâiสามารถsǎa-mâatเก็บgèpเนื้อสัตว์nʉ́ʉa-sàtไว้wáiบริโภคbɔɔ-rí-pôokได้dâaiนานขึ้นnaan-kʉ̂n
Making fermented sour pork is considered a traditional local wisdom in food preservation, allowing meat to be kept for consumption over a longer period.
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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หมูส้มmǔu-sômหมูส้มmǔu-sômfermented sour porkfermented sour porkWord