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máai-sɔ̌ɔiMeaning
1NounB1
fruit-picking pole
A long pole, often with a hook or a hoop-and-bag, used to pick fruit from high branches; also called a fruit-picker pole.
Examples
พ่อpɔ̂ɔพ่อpɔ̂ɔ1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: male person; leader; father figureใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; orderไม้สอยmáai-sɔ̌ɔiไม้สอยmáai-sɔ̌ɔifruit-picking poleเก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to keep; store; put away2to collect; pick up; gather3to tidy up; put in order4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to charge; take (a fee/payment)7[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)มะม่วงmá-mûuangมะม่วงmá-mûuang1mango (fruit)2mango tree
Dad used a fruit-picker pole to pick mangoes.
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เราraoต้องdtɔ̂ngหาไม้สอยhǎa-máai-sɔ̌ɔiที่tîiยาวyaaoกว่าgwàaนี้níiเพราะprɔ́เงาะngɔ́อยู่yùuสูงถึงsǔung-tʉ̌ngยอดไม้yɔ̂ɔt-máaiเลยləəi
We need to find a longer fruit-picker pole because the rambutans are way up at the top of the tree.
ปู่bpòoกำลังgam-langทำtamไม้สอยmáai sŏiอันanใหม่màiโดยdoiเอาaoตะกร้อdtà-grôเล็กๆlék lékไปbpaiติดdtìtไว้wáiที่têeปลายbplaaiเพื่อpêuuaเก็บgèpผลไม้pŏn-lá-máiไม่ให้mâi hâiช้ำchám
Grandpa is making a new fruit-picker pole by attaching a small basket to the end to collect the fruit without bruising it.
การใช้gaan-cháiไม้สอยmáai-sɔ̌ɔiแบบดั้งเดิมbɛ̀ɛp-dâng-dəəmที่tîiมีmiiขอkɔ̌ɔแหลมคมlɛ̌ɛm-komต้องdtɔ̂ngอาศัยaa-sǎiทักษะták-sàและlɛ́ความชำนาญkwaam-cham-naanเพื่อไม่ให้pʉ̂ʉa-mâi-hâiผลไม้pǒn-lá-máaiเสียหายsǐia-hǎaiหรือrʉ̌ʉกิ่งไม้gìng-máaiหักhàk
Using a traditional fruit-picker pole with a sharp hook requires skill and expertise to avoid damaging the fruit or breaking the branches.
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
ไม้máaiไม้máai1wood; timber2stick; rod; club; bat3classifier: skewers of food4tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)5tool; implementwood; timberPart 1
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สอยsɔ̌ɔiสอยsɔ̌ɔi1[to] pick (from above)2[to] take down3[to] hem; make small stitches4[to] shoot/knock down; nab (slang)5[to] have sex (slang)[to] pick (from above)Part 2
ไม้สอยmáai-sɔ̌ɔiไม้สอยmáai-sɔ̌ɔifruit-picking polefruit-picking poleWord