เอา
Meanings
[to] take; get; pick
to take, get, or pick up; to choose/select something
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[to] want (request/ordering)
to indicate wanting or ordering something; used when making requests or choices
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[to] use; employ
to use or employ something for a purpose (often as เอาเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasis + noun + มามาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect marker/ไปไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use) + verb)
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[to] bring/take (for use)
to bring or take something with the intention to use it; often with มามาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect marker/ไปไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)
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marker: purpose/focus
particle-like verb introducing purpose or focus (เอาเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasis + object + มามาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect marker/ไปไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use) + verb), roughly ‘take X to (do Y)’
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marker: insistence/emphasis
sentence particle adding insistence or persistence (e.g., เอาสิ ‘go ahead’, เอาน่าเอาน่าao nâa[!] Come on; It's okay ‘come on’)