ไม้นิต
máai-nítMeaning
1NounB2
knitting needle
A slender, pointed tool used to hold and form loops of yarn in knitting.
Examples
ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; orderไม้นิตmái nítไม้นิตmái nítknitting needleสองsŏngสองsŏng1two; 22secondอันanอันan1thing; item; one2general classifier for objects, items, or abstract things3which; that (relative pronoun, formal/literary)4as for; concerning (formal/literary topic marker)ถักtàkถักtàk1[to] knit; crochet2[to] braid [sth]; plait [sth]ผ้าพันคอpâa pan koผ้าพันคอpâa pan koscarf; neckerchiefและláeและláeand (coordinating)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)นั่งnângนั่งnâng1[to] sit; sit down2[to] take; ride [sth] (vehicle)ดูdooดูdoo1[to] look; watch; see2[to] examine; check; inspect3[to] seem; appear4try; have a go5[to] divine; tell fortune6[to] look after; watch; mindอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainข้างkâangข้างkâang1side; flank2beside; next to; by3classifier: sides; paired parts4side; party (in a dispute or game)5side; lateral (modifier)ๆ-
Grandma uses two knitting needles to knit a scarf, and I sit beside her watching.
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ฉันchǎnลืมlʉʉmไม้นิตmáai-nítไว้wáiที่บ้านtîi-bâanเลยləəiถักtàkเสื้อsʉ̂ʉaที่tîiค้างไว้káang-wáiต่อdtɔ̀ɔไม่ได้mâi-dâai
I left my knitting needles at home, so I can't continue knitting the sweater I started.
ถ้าtâaเลือกlʉ̂ʉakไม้นิตmáai-nítที่tîiใหญ่กว่าyài-gwàaขนาดkà-nàatที่tîiแบบbɛ̀ɛpถักtàkแนะนำnɛ́-namห่วงhùuangไหมmǎiจะjàหลวมlǔuamขึ้นkʉ̂nและlɛ́เสื้อsʉ̂ʉaอาจàatมีmiiขนาดใหญ่kà-nàat-yàiกว่าที่gwàa-tîiตั้งใจdtâng-jaiไว้wái
If you choose knitting needles larger than the size recommended in the pattern, the stitches will be looser and the sweater may turn out larger than intended.
หลังจากlǎng-jàakเลื่อนlʉ̂ʉanห่วงhùuangไหมmǎiจากjàakไม้นิตmáai-nítอันanหนึ่งnʉ̀ngไปbpaiอีกìikอันanเธอtəəตรวจดูdtrùuat-duuว่าwâaมีmiiห่วงhùuangหลุดlùtหรือไม่rʉ̌ʉ-mâiก่อนจะgɔ̀ɔn-jàเริ่มrə̂əmถักtàkแถวtɛ̌ɛoถัดไปtàt-bpai
After transferring the stitches from one knitting needle to the other, she checked for dropped stitches before starting the next row.
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 markMai tho
- 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 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 | — | — |