ฮามอย
haa moiMeaning
1AdjectiveC1
hilarious; very funny
very funny or ridiculous; a very informal or vulgar slang word used among friends
Examples
มุกmúkมุกmúk1joke; gag (colloquial)2pearl3ploy; trick; line (colloq.)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerแกgaeแกgae1you (familiar)2he; she (familiar)เล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)3question or topic particle (literary)เมื่อกี้mêuua géeเมื่อกี้mêuua gée1just now; a moment ago2a moment ago; just now (time)โคตรkôhtโคตรkôht1extremely; damn (slang intensifier)2utter; extreme (slang intensifier)3lineage; clan; ancestryฮามอยhaa moiฮามอยhaa moihilarious; very funnyเลยloieเลยloie1at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)2so; thus; then (immediate result)3completely; absolutely (emphasis)4[to] pass; go beyond; exceedว่ะwâว่ะwâsentence-final particle (rude; informal) expressing assertion or frustration
The joke you just told was ridiculously funny, man.
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คลิปวิดีโอklíp wí-dee-ohที่têeส่งมาsòng maaในกลุ่มnai glùmเมื่อคืนmêuua keunโคตรkôhtฮามอยhaa moiเลยloieทำเอาtam aoฉันchănขำkămจนjonปวดท้องbpùuat tóngไปหมดbpai mòt
The video clip sent in the group last night was ridiculously funny; it made me laugh until my stomach hurt.
ถึงtĕungมันmanจะเป็นjà bpenเรื่องเล่าrêuuang lâoที่têeดูdooไร้สาระrái săa-ràไปหน่อยbpai nòiแต่dtàeวิธีwí-teeที่têeเขาkăoพรีเซนต์pree-sénมันmanฮามอยhaa moiจนjonทุกคนtúk konหยุดyùtขำkămไม่ได้mâi dâaiจริงๆjing jing
Even though it was a somewhat nonsensical story, the way he presented it was so ridiculously funny that nobody could actually stop laughing.
บรรยากาศban-yaa-gàatในnaiวงเหล้าwong lâoเมื่อคืนmêuua keunมีแต่mee dtàeเรื่องrêuuangฮามอยhaa moiเต็มไปหมดdtem bpai mòtทำเอาtam aoฉันchănปวดท้องbpùuat tóngเพราะpráwขำkămหนักnàkมากmâak
The atmosphere at the drinking circle last night was full of ridiculously funny stories, giving me a stomachache from laughing so hard.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ฮามอย said ฮาม-อะ-ยอ?
haa moi
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
3 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ม, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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 | — | — |