เตย(dteuy)
Meanings
1Proper nounA2
Toey (given name)
A Thai nickname or given name used for any gender.
Examples
นี่nêeนี่nêe1this (near the speaker)2this; this one (pronoun)3here is…; look/listen (attention-getter)เพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ชื่อเล่นchêuu lênชื่อเล่นchêuu lênnicknameว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเตยdteuyเตยdteuy1pandan (Pandanus amaryllifolius)2Toey (given name)3pandanus (screw pine, genus Pandanus)
This is my friend; the nickname is Toei.
2NounB1
pandan (Pandanus amaryllifolius)
An aromatic tropical plant whose long leaves are used for flavoring food and desserts, and for wrapping or weaving.
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] pour in; [to] fill4[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)5[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)ใบเตยbai dteuyใบเตยbai dteuy1pandan (plant)2pandan leaf (ingredient)ลงในlong naiลงในlong nai1to put into; to enter (data into)2into; onto; inหม้อข้าวmâo kâaoหม้อข้าวmâo kâaorice pot; rice-cooker potให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitหอมhŏmหอมhŏm1fragrant; pleasantly scented2[to] smell nice; be fragrant3shallot; scallion (Thai usage)
Mom adds pandan leaves to the rice pot for fragrance.
3NounB2
pandanus (screw pine, genus Pandanus)
Any plant of the genus Pandanus, often with spiny leaves and aerial roots; used ornamentally and for weaving.
Examples
เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]เดินผ่านdern pàanเดินผ่านdern pàan1[to] walk past; pass by (on foot)2[to] walk through; traverse (on foot)กอเตยgo dteuuiกอเตยgo dteuuiclump of pandanต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightระวังrá-wangระวังrá-wang1[to] be careful; take care2[to] watch out for; guard against3watch out!; caution!หนามnăamหนามnăam1thorn; spine; prickle2thorny problem; obstacle (figurative)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotปลายใบbplaai baiปลายใบbplaai baileaf tip; apexและláeและláeand (coordinating)รากค้ำrâak kámรากค้ำrâak kámprop root; buttress rootที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotโผล่ขึ้นมาplòh kêun maaโผล่ขึ้นมาplòh kêun maa[to] appear suddenly; [to] pop upเหนือnĕuuaเหนือnĕuua1north; the North2northern3above; over4superior to; aboveดินdinดินdin1soil; earth; dirt2the ground; land (surface)3clay; earthen material4electrical ground; earth (electrical)
When walking past a clump of pandanus, you must watch out for the spines at the leaf tips and the aerial roots protruding above the ground.