เป็ง(bpeng)
Meanings
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full moon (Northern Thai/Lanna)
A Northern Thai/Lanna noun meaning “full moon,” commonly seen in festival names (e.g., ยี่เป็งยี่เป็งyêe-bpengYi Peng festival Yi Peng, the full-moon lantern festival).
Examples
คนเหนือkon nĕuuaคนเหนือkon nĕuuaNorthern Thai person; Northerner (Thailand)มักพูดmák pôotมักพูดmák pôot[to] often say; often speakถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reach6even if; even thoughคำว่าkam wâaคำว่าkam wâathe word/term (introductory marker)เป็งbpengเป็งbpengfull moon (Northern Thai/Lanna)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ชื่อchêuชื่อchêu1name2reputation; renown3[to] be named; be calledเทศกาลtêht-sà-gaanเทศกาลtêht-sà-gaan1festival2festive period; season (of festivities)ยี่yêeยี่yêe1two- (Sino-Thai bound form)2twenty (arch./dial.)เป็งbpengเป็งbpengfull moon (Northern Thai/Lanna)ซึ่งsêungซึ่งsêung1which; that (relative pronoun)2which/and this; introducing explanationหมายถึงmăai tĕungหมายถึงmăai tĕung1[to] mean; denote; refer to2[to] mean (to say); intend (one’s words)คืนเดือนเพ็ญkeun deuuan penคืนเดือนเพ็ญkeun deuuan penfull moon night
Northern people often mention the word 'peng' in the festival name Yi Peng, which refers to the full-moon night.