เผ้า
pâoMeaning
1VerbB2
[to] keep vigil; sit up with [sb] (sick or dead)
to stay awake and keep watch over someone, especially a sick person or the deceased (e.g., at a wake or funeral)
Examples
เมื่อคืนmʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉnเมื่อคืนmʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉn1last night (the night before today)2last nightฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)เฝ้าfâoเฝ้าfâo1[to] watch over; guard; keep; monitor2[to] attend; sit by; keep vigil3keep (doing); continually4[to] await; watch forยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)ที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerโรงพยาบาลroong-pá-yaa-baanโรงพยาบาลroong-pá-yaa-baanhospitalเพราะprɔ́เพราะprɔ́1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingแกgɛɛแกgɛɛ1you (familiar)2he; she (familiar)นอนnɔɔnนอนnɔɔn1[to] sleep2[to] lie down; recline3reclining; lying downไม่ได้mâi-dâaiไม่ได้mâi-dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)
Last night I stayed awake to keep watch over my grandmother at the hospital because she couldn't sleep.
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ชุมชนchum-chonช่วยกันchûuai-ganเผ้าpâoศพsòpตลอดคืนdtà-lɔ̀ɔt-kʉʉnจนกว่าจะjon-gwàa-jàถึงtʉ̌ngวันwanเผาpǎo
The community kept a wake and watched over the body throughout the night until the cremation day.
หลังlǎngงานศพngaan-sòpเขาkǎoยังyangสมัครใจsà-màk-jaiเผ้าpâoพ่อpɔ̂ɔของkɔ̌ɔngเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉanต่อdtɔ̀ɔจนjonรุ่งเช้าrûng-cháoเพื่อให้pʉ̂ʉa-hâiครอบครัวkrɔ̂ɔp-kruuaได้dâaiพักpák
After the funeral rites, he volunteered to keep vigil over his friend's father until dawn so the family could rest.
พยาบาลpá-yaa-baanสลับเวรsà-làp-weenกันganเผ้าpâoคนไข้kon-kâiหนักnàkทั้งคืนtáng-kʉʉnเผื่อpʉ̀ʉaเกิดgə̀ətเหตุฉุกเฉินhèet-chùk-chə̌ənจะได้jà-dâaiช่วยchûuaiทันทีtan-tii
The nurses took shifts staying awake to watch over the critical patient all night, so they could respond immediately to any emergency.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh class
- Tone markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Falling tone
pâo
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
High class + Mai tho → Falling
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 | — | — |