เรื่องเล่าขาน(rêuuang lâo kăan)

Meanings

1NounB2

legend; oft-told tale; folktale

a story or legend that is told and retold, often passed down orally across generations.

Examples

ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)เล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)เรื่องเล่าขานrêuuang lâo kăanเรื่องเล่าขานrêuuang lâo kăan1legend; oft-told tale; folktale2lore; oral traditionเกี่ยวกับgìiao gàpเกี่ยวกับgìiao gàp1about; regarding; concerning2[to] relate to; concern; be aboutนางnaangนางnaang1lady; woman (formal/literary; honorific)2Mrs. (title before a name)3heroine; female lead4celestial maiden; apsara; goddess5lady; consort (royal/classical)ตานีdtaa-neeตานีdtaa-nee1a type of wild banana (Musa balbisiana)2historical name for Pattaniให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitหลานๆlăan lăanหลานๆlăan lăan1grandchildren (plural)2nieces and nephews (plural)3you kids; youngsters (address)ฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)ก่อนนอนgòn nonก่อนนอนgòn non1before bed; before sleeping; at bedtime2bedtime (as a modifier)
Grandma likes to tell the legend of Nang Tani to her grandchildren before bed.
2NounB2

lore; oral tradition

traditional knowledge and stories collectively passed on by word of mouth.

Examples

คนสมัยก่อนkon sà-măi gònคนสมัยก่อนkon sà-măi gònpeople from the pastส่งต่อsòng dtòส่งต่อsòng dtò1[to] forward; pass on2[to] refer; transfer [a case/patient/task]3[to] pass down; hand onความรู้kwaam róoความรู้kwaam róoknowledge; learning; understandingเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesสมุนไพรsà-mŭn praiสมุนไพรsà-mŭn prai1herb; medicinal herb2herbal (as a modifier)ผ่านpàanผ่านpàan1[to] pass (by/through)2[to] pass (succeed/clear)3past; via; through4[to] experience; go throughเรื่องเล่าขานrêuuang lâo kăanเรื่องเล่าขานrêuuang lâo kăan1legend; oft-told tale; folktale2lore; oral traditionจากรุ่นสู่รุ่นjàak rûn sòo rûnจากรุ่นสู่รุ่นjàak rûn sòo rûnfrom generation to generation
People in the old days passed on knowledge about herbs through oral tradition from generation to generation.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

เรื่องเล่าrêuuang lâoเรื่องเล่าrêuuang lâo1story; narrative; account2anecdote; oral talePart 1
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ขานkăanขานkăan1[to] call out; announce2[to] respond (to a call); answer3[to] praise; extol4classifier: verse/line (poetry); stanzaPart 2
เรื่องเล่าขานrêuuang lâo kăanเรื่องเล่าขานrêuuang lâo kăanlegend; oft-told tale; folktale