แม่ปู(mâe bpuu)
Meanings
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female crab (mother crab)
An adult female crab; literally ‘mother crab’. Often used when referring to a crab with eggs.
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1nowadays; at present2today; this day3today (time of speech)ชาวประมงchaao bprà-mongชาวประมงchaao bprà-mongfisher; fisherman/fisherwoman; fisherfolkจับได้jàp dâiจับได้jàp dâi1[to] draw; get (by drawing lots)2[to] catch (sb) in the act; discover wrongdoing; find out (a secret)3[to] catch; capture [sb/sth] (successfully)แม่ปูmâe bpuuแม่ปูmâe bpuufemale crab (mother crab)ที่têeที่têe1at; in; to (a place)2classifier: places; seats; individual servings3when; the time that (time marker)4place; spot; seat; space5ordinal marker6that/which/who (relative marker)มีmeeมีmee1[to] experience; undergo2[to] have; possess3there is/are; existไข่kàiไข่kài1[to] lay eggs; spawn2egg3testicles (vulgar/slang)4zero score (slang, sports/exams)เต็มท้องdtem tóngเต็มท้องdtem tóngfull (stomach); stuffed
Today the fishermen caught a female crab with a belly full of eggs.
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แม่ค้าmâe-káaบอกว่าbòk wâaแม่ปูmâe bpuuตัวdtuuaนี้néeกำลังgam-langมีmeeไข่kàiจึงjeungแนะนำให้náe-nam hâiปล่อยbplòiคืนkeunทะเลtá-lay
The vendor said this female crab is carrying eggs and suggested releasing it back into the sea.
นักอนุรักษ์nák à-nú-rákขอความร่วมมือkŏr kwaam rûuam meuuไม่mâiซื้อséuแม่ปูmâe bpuuไข่kàiเพื่อpêuuaลดlótการทำลายgaan tam-laaiวงจรwong jonการขยายพันธุ์gaan kà-yăai pan
Conservationists are asking people not to buy egg-bearing female crabs to reduce disruption of the breeding cycle.
ในnaiฤดูréu-dooวางไข่waang kàiชาวบ้านchaao bâanจะjàติดdtìtป้ายเตือนbpâai dteuuanงดngótจับjàpแม่ปูmâe bpuuเพื่อให้pêuua hâiประชากรbprà-chaa-gɔɔnปูbpooกลับมาglàp maaสมดุลsŏm dun
During the spawning season, villagers put up signs urging people not to catch female crabs so the crab population can rebalance.
Word Breakdown
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แม่ปูmâe bpuuแม่ปูmâe bpuufemale crab (mother crab)