แม่อุปถัมภ์(mâe ùp-bpà-tăm)
Meanings
1NounB1
godmother
a female godparent; a woman who acts as a sponsor for a child at baptism or as a mentor and protector
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)พิธีpí-teeพิธีpí-tee1ceremony; rite2ritual; observance3formal procedure; protocolรับrápรับráp1[to] receive; get2[to] accept3[to] pick up; collect4[to] admit; confess5[to] take (a call/order/job)6[to] take; catch (transport)7[to] host; welcome8[to] withstand; bearศีลล้างบาปsĭin láang bàapศีลล้างบาปsĭin láang bàapthe sacrament of baptismฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsแม่อุปถัมภ์mâe ùp-bpà-tămแม่อุปถัมภ์mâe ùp-bpà-tăm1godmother2female patron; benefactress; foster motherของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsหลานสาวlăan săaoหลานสาวlăan săao1niece2granddaughter
During the baptism ceremony, I became my niece's godmother.
2NounB2
female patron; benefactress; foster mother
a woman who provides financial support, sponsorship, or care to someone
Examples
เด็กกำพร้าdèk gam-práaเด็กกำพร้าdèk gam-práaorphan; orphaned childหลายคนlăai konหลายคนlăai konmany/several peopleในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)มูลนิธิmoon-lá-ní-tíมูลนิธิmoon-lá-ní-tífoundation; charitable organizationได้รับdâi rápได้รับdâi ráp1[to] receive; get; obtain; be given/granted/awarded2[to] experience; be subjected to; suffer; sustain; be affected by3[to] be ...-ed (passive with ได้รับ/ได้รับการ)ทุนการศึกษาtun gaan sèuk-săaทุนการศึกษาtun gaan sèuk-săascholarship; study grantจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)แม่อุปถัมภ์mâe ùp-bpà-tămแม่อุปถัมภ์mâe ùp-bpà-tăm1godmother2female patron; benefactress; foster motherใจดีjai deeใจดีjai deekind; good-natured
Many orphans in the foundation receive scholarships from a kind female sponsor.
Word Breakdown
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แม่อุปถัมภ์mâe ùp-bpà-tămแม่อุปถัมภ์mâe ùp-bpà-tămgodmother