เป๋นคน(bpĕn kon)

Meanings

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[to] be a person; be the kind/type of person (Northern Thai)

Northern Thai (คำเมืองคำเมืองkam meuuangNorthern Thai (Kam Mueang) language) form of 'เป็นคน': to be a person; or used before a descriptor to mean 'to be the kind/type of person who...'.

Examples

ป้ออุ๊ยbpôr úiป้ออุ๊ยbpôr úigrandfather; elderly man (Northern Thai)เป๋นคนbpĕn konเป๋นคนbpĕn kon[to] be a person; be the kind/type of person (Northern Thai)ใจjaiใจjai1heart; mind; feelings; spirit2kindness; compassion; generosity3courage; spirit; morale4intention; will; willingness5core; essence (in compounds)ดี๋diiไผๆpăi păiไผๆpăi păianyone; everybodyก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerฮักเปิ้นhák bpénฮักเปิ้นhák bpén[to] love him/her/them (Northern Thai dialect)
Grandpa is a kind person; everyone loves him.

Word Breakdown

เป๋นbpĕnเป๋นbpĕn1[to] be (Northern Thai)2[to] know how; be skilled (at [sth])3[to] have; suffer from (an illness)Part 1
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คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peoplePart 2
เป๋นคนbpĕn konเป๋นคนbpĕn kon[to] be a person; be the kind/type of person (Northern Thai)