แมงวัน
mɛɛng-wanMeaning
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fly (colloquial or regional)
A fly, especially a housefly; a colloquial or regional variant of แมลงวันแมลงวันmá-lɛɛng-wanhousefly; fly.
Examples
มีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoแมงวันmɛɛng-wanแมงวันmɛɛng-wanfly (colloquial or regional)อยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainบนbonบนbon1on; upon; in; above2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)โต๊ะdtóโต๊ะdtótable; desk
There is a fly on the table.
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I just chased a fly out of the kitchen.
Mom put a food cover over the dishes to keep the flies away.
ถ้าtâaไม่mâiเก็บgèpเศษอาหารsèet-aa-hǎanให้เรียบร้อยhâi-rîiap-rɔ́ɔiแมงวันmɛɛng-wanก็gɔ̂จะjàมาmaaตอมdtɔɔmจนjonเต็มdtemครัวkruua
If you don't clean up the food scraps properly, flies will swarm all over the kitchen.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ง, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
mɛɛng
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low 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
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แมงวันmɛɛng-wanแมงวันmɛɛng-wanfly (colloquial or regional)fly (colloquial or regional)Word