ไปมา(bpai maa)

Meanings

1VerbA2

[to] go back and forth; frequent

to go back and forth; to travel between two or more places repeatedly; to frequent a place.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไปมาbpai maaไปมาbpai maa1[to] go back and forth; frequent2back and forth; to and fro3(in 'ไป ... มา') indicates a completed round tripบ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ที่ทำงานtêe tam ngaanที่ทำงานtêe tam ngaanworkplace; officeทุกวันtúk wanทุกวันtúk wan1every day; daily2everyday (attributive); daily
I go back and forth between home and work every day.
2AdverbB1

back and forth; to and fro

(used as an adverb) back and forth; to and fro.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillนอนไม่หลับnon mâi làpนอนไม่หลับnon mâi làp[to] be unable to sleep; [to] suffer from insomniaเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ลุกขึ้นมาlúk kêun maaลุกขึ้นมาlúk kêun maa1[to] get up; [to] stand up2[to] rise up; [to] take actionเดินไปมาdern bpai maaเดินไปมาdern bpai maa[to] walk back and forth; [to] paceในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ห้องhôngห้องhông1room2classifier: rooms
He couldn't sleep, so he got up and walked back and forth in the room.
3ParticleB1

(in 'ไปไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use) ... มามาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect marker') indicates a completed round trip

in the pattern 'ไปไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use) ... มามาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect marker', marks that someone went and has returned; e.g., 'ไปตลาดมา' = 'have been to the market (and back)'.

Examples

แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseเพิ่งpêrngเพิ่งpêrng1just; recently2only just now; only now3only/merely (just now starting)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ตลาดdtà-làatตลาดdtà-làat1popular; mainstream (colloq.)2market; marketplace3market (economic demand/sector)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerเมื่อเช้านี้mêuua cháao néeเมื่อเช้านี้mêuua cháao néethis morning (earlier today)
Mom just went to the market (and came back) this morning.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)Part 1
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มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerPart 2
ไปมาbpai maaไปมาbpai maa[to] go back and forth; frequent