เอี่ยน
ìianMeaning
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eel (Northern Thai)
A Northern Thai word for an eel, a fish with a long, snake-like body.
Examples
เมื่อวานmʉ̂ʉa-waanเมื่อวานmʉ̂ʉa-waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)พ่อpɔ̂ɔพ่อpɔ̂ɔ1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: male person; leader; father figureจับjàpจับjàp1[to] hold; grasp2[to] touch; feel3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] arrest5[to] detect; pick up; sense6[to] attack; come on (of fever)7[to] settle on; stick to a surfaceเอี่ยนìianเอี่ยนìianeel (Northern Thai)ได้dâaiได้dâai1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerสองsɔ̌ɔngสองsɔ̌ɔng1two; 22secondตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)3character; figureในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)นาnaaนาnaapaddy field; rice field
Yesterday, Dad caught two eels in the rice field.
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เอี่ยนìianตัวdtuuaนี้níiมีmiiลำตัวlam-dtuuaยาวyaaoและlɛ́ลื่นlʉ̂ʉnมากmâakฉันchǎnเลยləəiจับjàpมันmanไว้wáiไม่อยู่mâi-yùu
This eel has a long, very slippery body, so I couldn't hold on to it.
ยายyaaiเอาaoเอี่ยนìianที่จับtîi-jàpได้มาdâi-maaแกงgɛɛngใส่sàiสมุนไพรsà-mǔn-praiแล้วlɛ́ɛoเรียกrîiakพวกเราpûuak-raoมาmaaกินข้าวgin-kâao
Grandma made a curry with the eels she had caught and some herbs, then called us to come and eat.
พอpɔɔน้ำnáamในnaiนาnaaเริ่มrə̂əmแห้งhɛ̂ɛngเอี่ยนìianก็gɔ̂มุดmútลงไปlong-bpaiอยู่ในyùu-naiโคลนkloonชาวบ้านchaao-bâanจึงjʉngต้องdtɔ̂ngสังเกตsǎng-gèetรูruuตามdtaamคันนาkan-naaเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaหาว่าhǎa-wâaมันmanซ่อนอยู่sɔ̂ɔn-yùuตรงไหนdtrong-nǎi
As the water in the rice fields begins to dry up, the eels burrow into the mud, so villagers have to look for holes along the paddy banks to locate their hiding places.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markMai ek
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Low tone
ìian
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
Mid class + Mai ek → Low
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 | — | — |