หยี(yĕe)
Meanings
1NounC1
Dialium cochinchinense (tree)
a tropical tree species (also called velvet tamarind in English; Thai: makham hio) that bears sour-sweet edible pods
Examples
ชาวสวนchaao sŭuanชาวสวนchaao sŭuanorchard farmer; horticultural farmer; gardener (by trade)ภาคใต้pâak dtâiภาคใต้pâak dtâiSouthern Thailand; the south (of a country/area)ปลูกbplòokปลูกbplòok1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)ต้นdtônต้นdtôn1tree; plant (tall/woody)2origin; source; root cause3initial; primary (as prefix)4beginning; early5stem; trunk; stalk; base6classifier: trees; plants; polesหยีyĕeหยีyĕe1Dialium cochinchinense (tree)2velvet tamarind (fruit)ไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveริมrimริมrim1edge; rim; border2edge; riverside; roadside (at/along the edge)3edge-side; roadside (modifier)สวนsŭuanสวนsŭuan1[to] oppose; contradict; go against2[to] move against; counter (direction)3classifier: gardens/orchards/plantations4garden; orchard; parkเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingผลpŏnผลpŏn1result; outcome2benefit; advantage3classifier: fruits4result; outcome; effectหยีyĕeหยีyĕe1Dialium cochinchinense (tree)2velvet tamarind (fruit)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoรสrótรสrót1taste; flavor2style; tone; flavor (figurative)เปรี้ยวหวานbprîiao wăanเปรี้ยวหวานbprîiao wăan1sweet-and-sour (taste)2sweet-yet-edgy (style)และláeและláeand (coordinating)เก็บได้gèp dâiเก็บได้gèp dâi1[to] pick up; [to] find [sth]2can be stored; can be keptนานnaanนานnaan1for a long time2long (in duration)
Southern growers plant velvet tamarind trees along their orchards because the fruit is sweet-sour and keeps well.
2NounC1
velvet tamarind (fruit)
the sour-sweet edible pulp of the Dialium cochinchinense fruit, eaten fresh or preserved
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseซื้อséuซื้อséu1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offหยีyĕeหยีyĕe1Dialium cochinchinense (tree)2velvet tamarind (fruit)หวานอมเปรี้ยวwăan om bprîiaoหวานอมเปรี้ยวwăan om bprîiaosweet-and-sour (taste)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitกินเล่นgin lênกินเล่นgin lên[to] snack; [to] eat for funหลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)อาหารaa-hăanอาหารaa-hăan1food; nourishment2dish; meal3diet; what one eats
Mom bought sweet-and-sour velvet tamarind pulp for us to snack on after the meal.