เผือก(pèuuak)

Meanings

1NounA2

taro (plant and corm)

A tropical plant (Colocasia esculenta) and its starchy edible corm; commonly eaten and used as a flavor in snacks and desserts.

Examples

วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseต้มdtômต้มdtôm1[to] boil; simmer2boiled; poached (food)3[to] swindle; con (slang, น.)เผือกpèuuakเผือกpèuuak1pale/ashen; off-white (literary/figurative)2[to] meddle; be nosy (slang)3taro (plant and corm)4a meddlesome person (slang)กินกับgin gàpกินกับgin gàp[to] eat with [sth]น้ำตาลnáam dtaanน้ำตาลnáam dtaan1sugar2brown (color)3sweetness (taste)
Today Mom boiled taro and ate it with sugar.
2VerbB2

[to] meddle; be nosy (slang)

To intrude into other people’s affairs or gossip about others; often used online as slang.

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offเผือกpèuuakเผือกpèuuak1pale/ashen; off-white (literary/figurative)2[to] meddle; be nosy (slang)3taro (plant and corm)4a meddlesome person (slang)เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesคู่kôoคู่kôo1in pairs; double2[to] pair; match3classifier for pairs4pair; coupleของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillอยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forจัดการjàt gaanจัดการjàt gaan1[to] manage; handle; deal with2[to] arrange; organize3[to] take care of; fix (informal)กันเองgan engกันเองgan eng1friendly; easygoing2among/with each other; ourselves
Don’t intrude on their relationship; they want to handle it themselves.
3NounB2

a meddlesome person (slang)

A nosy/meddlesome person; busybody.

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsเผือกpèuuakเผือกpèuuak1pale/ashen; off-white (literary/figurative)2[to] meddle; be nosy (slang)3taro (plant and corm)4a meddlesome person (slang)ขุดคุ้ยkùt kúiขุดคุ้ยkùt kúi1[to] dig up [sth]; rummage through [sth]2[to] dredge up [sth]; dig up dirt on [sb]เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsคนอื่นkon èunคนอื่นkon èun1other people; others2someone else; another personตลอดเวลาdtà-lòt way-laaตลอดเวลาdtà-lòt way-laaall the time; constantlyเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
Don't be a busybody, always digging into other people's business.
4AdjectiveC1

pale/ashen; off-white (literary/figurative)

Pale, grayish-white, or ashen in color (resembling taro flesh); used in literary or figurative description.

Examples

เช้าcháaoเช้าcháao1morning2morning; early-morning3in the morningนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ท้องฟ้าtóng fáaท้องฟ้าtóng fáasky; heavensดูdooดูdoo1consult; get advice from2try; have a go3[to] divine; tell fortune4[to] examine; check; inspect5[to] seem; appear6[to] look; watch; seeเงียบngîiapเงียบngîiap1quiet; silent2quiet (place/time)3[to] be quiet; fall silent4[to] go silent; ghost [sb] (colloq.)และláeและláeand (coordinating)สีsĕeสีsĕe1hue; shade; tone2paint3[to] rub; scrub; polish4colorเผือกpèuuakเผือกpèuuak1pale/ashen; off-white (literary/figurative)2[to] meddle; be nosy (slang)3taro (plant and corm)4a meddlesome person (slang)เหมือนmĕuuanเหมือนmĕuuan1similar; alike2like; as3as if; as thoughขี้เถ้าkêe tâoขี้เถ้าkêe tâoash; ashes
That morning the sky looked quiet and ashen, like gray ash.

Related Words

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บอนbonบอนbon1caladium; elephant ear2Colocasia esculenta (edible taro) (by extension/regionally)3genus Caladium (botanical)
  • caladium; elephant ear
  • Colocasia esculenta (edible taro) (by extension/regionally)
  • genus Caladium (botanical)
เสือกsèuuakเสือกsèuuak1[to] meddle (vulgar); [to] butt in2[to] push [sth]; [to] shove [sth] (archaic/literary)3and yet; but still (vulgar)
  • [to] meddle (vulgar); [to] butt in
  • [to] push [sth]; [to] shove [sth] (archaic/literary)
  • and yet; but still (vulgar)
ยุ่งyûngยุ่งyûng1busy; occupied2messy; tangled3complicated; troublesome4[to] meddle; interfere5swarming with flies/mosquitoes (dial.)
  • busy; occupied
  • messy; tangled
  • complicated; troublesome
  • [to] meddle; interfere
  • swarming with flies/mosquitoes (dial.)
คุ้ยkúiคุ้ยkúi1[to] rummage; dig around2[to] scrape up; scoop up; claw at3[to] pry into; nose around (fig.)
  • [to] rummage; dig around
  • [to] scrape up; scoop up; claw at
  • [to] pry into; nose around (fig.)
ซีดsêetซีดsêet1pale (skin)2faded; dull in color3weak; lackluster (figurative)
  • pale (skin)
  • faded; dull in color
  • weak; lackluster (figurative)