เฮ็ดนา
hét-naaMeaning
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[to] farm rice; work the paddy fields
to do rice farming; to work in the paddy fields. An Isan (Northeastern Thai) dialect term, equivalent to the standard Thai 'ทำนาทำนาtam-naa[to] farm rice; cultivate paddy' (tham naa).
Examples
พ่อแม่pɔ̂ɔ-mɛ̂ɛพ่อแม่pɔ̂ɔ-mɛ̂ɛparentsผมpǒmผมpǒm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)อยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainบ้านนอกbâan-nɔ̂ɔkบ้านนอกbâan-nɔ̂ɔk1the countryside; rural area2rural; from the countryside3unsophisticated; provincial (derogatory)เพิ่นpə̂ənเพิ่นpə̂ənhe; she; they (Isan)ก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerเฮ็ดนาhét-naaเฮ็ดนาhét-naa[to] farm rice; work the paddy fieldsเลี้ยงชีพlíiang-chîipเลี้ยงชีพlíiang-chîip[to] make a living; support oneselfมาตลอดmaa-dtà-lɔ̀ɔtมาตลอดmaa-dtà-lɔ̀ɔtall along; continuously
My parents live upcountry; they have been rice farming for a living their whole lives.
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เรียนจบriian jòpแล้วláeoอยากyàakกลับไปglàp bpaiอยู่yòoบ้านbâanช่วยchûuaiพ่อแม่pôr mâeเฮ็ดนาhét naaที่têeอุบลฯù-bon
After I graduate, I want to go back home to help my parents do rice farming in Ubon.
สมัยนี้sà-mǎi-níiการgaanเฮ็ดนาhét-naaต้องdtɔ̂ngพึ่งพาpʉ̂ng-paaเทคโนโลยีték-noo-loo-yiiหลายอย่างlǎai-yàangไม่เหมือนmâi-mʉ̌ʉanสมัยsà-mǎiปู่ย่าbpùu-yâaที่tîiใช้cháiควายkwaaiไถนาtǎi-naaอย่างเดียวyàang-diiao
Nowadays, rice farming requires reliance on a lot of technology, unlike in our grandparents' time when they only used buffaloes to plow the fields.
ถึงแม้ว่าtʉ̌ng-mɛ́ɛ-wâaการgaanเฮ็ดนาhét-naaจะjàเหนื่อยnʉ̀ʉaiและlɛ́รายได้raai-dâaiไม่แน่นอนmâi-nɛ̂ɛ-nɔɔnแต่dtɛ̀ɛชาวบ้านchaao-bâanหลายคนlǎai-konก็gɔ̂ยังyangยึดมั่นyʉ́t-mânในnaiอาชีพaa-chîipนี้níiเพราะprɔ́เป็นbpenวิถีชีวิตwí-tǐi-chii-wítที่tîiสืบทอดกันมาsʉ̀ʉp-tɔ̂ɔt-gan-maa
Even though rice farming is tiring and the income is uncertain, many villagers still hold onto this profession because it's an inherited way of life.
Tones
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How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelEnds in -ด, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
hét
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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เฮ็ดนาhét-naaเฮ็ดนาhét-naa[to] farm rice; work the paddy fields[to] farm rice; work the paddy fieldsWord