แพ(pae)
Meanings
1NounA2
raft; floating platform
A flat structure of logs, bamboo, or other materials fastened together to float on water.
Examples
ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ผูกpòokผูกpòok1[to] tie [sth]; fasten [sth]2[to] bind; connect; associate3[to] compose fixed-form verse4[to] obligate; bind; commitไม้ไผ่máai pàiไม้ไผ่máai pài1bamboo (plant)2bamboo (material)ทำเป็นtam bpenทำเป็นtam bpen1[to] know how (to do sth); be able (skill)2[to] pretend; feign; act as ifแพลอยpae loiแพลอยpae loifloating raft; floating house-raftในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)แม่น้ำmâe námแม่น้ำmâe námriver
Villagers tied bamboo together to make a raft floating in the river.
2NounB1
raft house; floating house/shop
A house, shop, or platform built on or as a raft, used as a dwelling or place of business on water.
Examples
ครอบครัวkrôp kruuaครอบครัวkrôp kruua1family; household2family unit (sociological)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเปิดbpèrtเปิดbpèrt1[to] turn on; switch on2[to] start; launch; open for business3[to] open; unwrap; unlock; turn onร้านกาแฟráan gaa-faeร้านกาแฟráan gaa-faecoffee shop; caféบนbonบนbon1on; upon2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)แพpaeแพpae1raft; floating platform2raft house; floating house/shop3[to] raft; travel by raft4classifier: rafts; raft housesริมแม่น้ำrim mâe-náamริมแม่น้ำrim mâe-náam1riverside; riverbank2by/along the river (locative use)
His family runs a coffee shop on a raft house by the river.
3ClassifierB1
classifier: rafts; raft houses
A classifier used for counting rafts and raft houses.
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotท่าน้ำtâa námท่าน้ำtâa nám1river/canal landing; pier2waterside steps/area (traditional use)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoแพpaeแพpae1raft; floating platform2raft house; floating house/shop3[to] raft; travel by raft4classifier: rafts; raft housesให้เช่าhâi châoให้เช่าhâi châo1[to] rent out; [to] let (out)2for rent; available to rentสามsăamสามsăam1three (3)2third (ordinal)แพpaeแพpae1raft; floating platform2raft house; floating house/shop3[to] raft; travel by raft4classifier: rafts; raft houses
Today at the pier there are three rafts for rent.
4VerbB2
[to] raft; travel by raft
To travel by raft or transport goods by raft.
Examples
ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ล่องแพlông paeล่องแพlông pae[to] go raftingไปส่งbpai sòngไปส่งbpai sòng[to] drop off [sb/sth]; [to] see [sb] off; [to] deliver [sth]ผักpàkผักpàk1CL: bunch; bundle (regional/dialectal)2vegetable(s)ถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reach6even if; even thoughตลาดdtà-làatตลาดdtà-làat1popular; mainstream (colloq.)2market; marketplace3market (economic demand/sector)ริมน้ำrim námริมน้ำrim nám1waterside; riverbank; waterfront2by the water; at the waterfront (locative use)ทุกเช้าtúk cháoทุกเช้าtúk cháoevery morning
Villagers travel by raft to deliver vegetables to the riverside market every morning.