แดงชัน
dɛɛng-chanMeaning
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butterfly pea (Northern Thai)
A Northern Thai name for butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea), a climbing plant with blue or white flowers. The blue flowers are commonly used to color food and drinks.
Examples
ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)ปลูกbplùukปลูกbplùuk1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)แดงชันdɛɛng-chanแดงชันdɛɛng-chanbutterfly pea (Northern Thai)ไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2for later; in reserve3[to] leave (something) as is4marks retention or maintenance of a state5[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)ริมrimริมrim1edge; rim; border2outermost; at the edgeรั้วrúuaรั้วrúuafence; railing; barrierแล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)เก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to keep; save; put away2to collect; pick up; gather3to tidy up; put in order4[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)5to charge; take (a fee/payment)6[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)ดอกdɔ̀ɔkดอกdɔ̀ɔk1flower; blossom2classifier: flowers and similar items3interest (on money)4emphasis or assurance particle (regional or old-fashioned)สีน้ำเงินsǐi-náam-ngənสีน้ำเงินsǐi-náam-ngən1blue; deep blue (color)2blue; deep-blueมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect markerทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] act; behave3[to] cook; prepare food4[to] cause; makeน้ำnáamน้ำnáam1water2liquid; fluid3juice; extract4sauce; broth5bodily fluid (in compounds)6served with broth7empty words; fillerสมุนไพรsà-mǔn-praiสมุนไพรsà-mǔn-prai1medicinal herb; medicinal plant2herbal (as a modifier)
Grandma grows butterfly pea along the fence and picks its blue flowers to make an herbal drink.
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ชาวบ้านchaao-bâanแถวนี้tɛ̌ɛo-níiเรียกrîiakอัญชันan-chanว่าwâaแดงชันdɛɛng-chanและlɛ́ใช้cháiดอกdɔ̀ɔkของมันkɔ̌ɔng-manแต่งสีdtɛ̀ng-sǐiขนมkà-nǒm
People around here call butterfly pea 'daeng chan' and use its flowers to color desserts.
แม้mɛ́ɛชื่อchʉ̂ʉแดงชันdɛɛng-chanจะมีjà-miiคำว่าkam-wâaแดงdɛɛngแต่dtɛ̀ɛดอกdɔ̀ɔkที่tîiชาวบ้านchaao-bâanนำมาnam-maaคั้นkánสีsǐiทำtamขนมkà-nǒmกลับเป็นglàp-bpenสีน้ำเงินsǐi-náam-ngən
Although the name 'daeng chan' contains the word for red, the flowers that local people extract coloring from for desserts are actually blue.
แดงชันdɛɛng-chanเป็นbpenไม้เลื้อยmáai-lʉ́ʉaiที่tîiมีmiiทั้งtángดอกdɔ̀ɔkสีน้ำเงินsǐi-náam-ngənและlɛ́ดอกdɔ̀ɔkสีขาวsǐi-kǎaoแต่dtɛ̀ɛพันธุ์panดอกdɔ̀ɔkสีน้ำเงินsǐi-náam-ngənนิยมní-yomปลูกbplùukไว้ใช้wái-cháiทำtamสีผสมอาหารsǐi-pà-sǒm-aa-hǎan
Butterfly pea is a climbing plant with blue-flowered and white-flowered varieties, but the blue-flowered variety is commonly grown to make food coloring.
Tones
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How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ง, a sonorant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
dɛɛng
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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
แดงdɛɛngแดงdɛɛng1red (color)2red color3[to] turn red; blush4[to] be exposed; come to light5red-shirt (Thai politics)red (color)Part 1
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แดงชันdɛɛng-chanแดงชันdɛɛng-chanbutterfly pea (Northern Thai)butterfly pea (Northern Thai)Word