เฮือน

heuan

Meanings

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house; home (Isan/Northern)

A house or home; a dwelling (used mainly in Isan and Northern Thai dialects).

Examples

ปู่ย่าbpòo yâaปู่ย่าbpòo yâapaternal grandparents (grandfather ปู่ and grandmother ย่า)บอกว่าbòk wâaบอกว่าbòk wâa1[to] say/tell that; report/declare that2[of text/sign] say/indicate thatเมื่อก่อนmêuua gònเมื่อก่อนmêuua gònformerly; previously; in the pastเฮาhaoเฮาhao1I; me (informal, regional)2our (possessive)3we; us; our (regional)สร้างsâangสร้างsâang1[to] build; construct2[to] create; produce3[to] establish; found4[to] generate; developเฮือนheuanเฮือนheuanhouse; home (Isan/Northern)ไม้máiไม้mái1wood; timber2tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)3prefix in tool/implement names4classifier (long, rigid objects)5stick; rod; club; batใต้ถุนdtâi tŭnใต้ถุนdtâi tŭn1ground floor void (traditional house)2underfloor space; raised-house undersideสูงsŏongสูงsŏong1tall; high (physical height)2high (degree/level/price/rank)3advanced; elevated (abstract)4up; to a high positionไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveหนีnĕeหนีnĕe1[to] flee; run away; escape2[to] avoid; evade; dodge; shirk3[to] elopeน้ำหลากnáam làakน้ำหลากnáam làakfloodwaters; high water
Grandma and grandpa said that in the past we built wooden stilt houses to escape floods.