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máai-sung

Meaning

1NounA2

log (of wood)

a log cut from a tree trunk; a large section of trunk.

Examples

นี่nîiนี่nîi1this (colloq.)2this; this one (pronoun)3here4here is…; look/listen (attention-getter)5you see; after all (colloq.)คือkʉʉคือkʉʉ1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.ไม้ซุงmáai-sungไม้ซุงmáai-sunglog (of wood)
This is a log.
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คนงานkon-ngaanกำลังgam-langขนไม้kǒn-máaiซุงsungท่อนtɔ̂nใหญ่yài
The workers are moving a large log.
เขาkăoใช้cháiขวานkwăanตัดไม้dtàt máaiซุงsungเป็นbpenท่อนtônเล็กๆlék lék
He used an axe to cut the log into small pieces.
บ้านbâanหลังlǎngนี้níiสร้างจากsâang-jàakไม้ซุงmáai-sungทั้งtángหลังlǎngเลยləəiดูduuแข็งแรงkɛ̌ng-rɛɛngมากmâak
This house is built entirely from logs, so it looks very sturdy.

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

  1. Consonant classLow class
  2. Tone markMai tho
  3. Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.

Low class consonants

คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ

Result

High tone

máai

Starts high and keeps climbing.

Low class + Mai tho → High

Tone chart

Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.

Mid classHigh classLow class
No mark + liveMidRisingMid
No mark + dead shortLowLowHigh
No mark + dead longLowLowFalling
Mai ekLowLowFalling
Mai thoFallingFallingHigh
Mai triHigh——
Mai chattawaRising——

Word Breakdown

ไม้máaiไม้máai1wood; timber2stick; rod; club; bat3classifier: skewers of food4tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)5tool; implementwood; timberPart 1
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ซุงsungซุงsunglog; tree trunk (large piece)log; tree trunk (large piece)Part 2
ไม้ซุงmáai-sungไม้ซุงmáai-sunglog (of wood)log (of wood)Word

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