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máai-hàapMeaning
1NounB1
carrying pole; shoulder pole
A wooden or bamboo pole balanced on one shoulder to carry loads suspended from both ends.
Examples
ปู่bpùuปู่bpùu1paternal grandfather2grandfather (respect term)3ancestor spirit (folk belief)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; orderไม้หาบmáai-hàapไม้หาบmáai-hàapcarrying pole; shoulder poleหาบhàapหาบhàap1[to] carry with a shoulder pole2shoulder-pole load3classifier: shoulder-pole load (pair of baskets)น้ำnáamน้ำnáam1water2liquid; fluid3juice; extract4sauce; broth5bodily fluid (in compounds)6served with broth7empty words; fillerจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmบ่อbɔ̀ɔบ่อbɔ̀ɔ1pit; hole; excavation2well (water)3pond; pool4classifier: wells/ponds/pits5source; origin (figurative)กลับบ้านglàp-bâanกลับบ้านglàp-bâan[to] go (back) home; return home
Grandpa used a shoulder pole to carry water home from the well.
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แม่mɛ̂ɛแขวนkwɛ̌ɛnตะกร้าdtà-grâaผักpàkไว้wáiที่tîiปลายไม้bplaai-máaiหาบhàapทั้งสองtáng-sɔ̌ɔngข้างkâangแล้วlɛ́ɛoหาบhàapไปbpaiขายkǎaiที่tîiตลาดdtà-làat
Mom hung baskets of vegetables from both ends of the shoulder pole, then carried them to sell at the market.
ลุงlungเอาaoผ้ารองpâa-rɔɔngบ่าbàaก่อนgɔ̀ɔnวางwaangไม้หาบmáai-hàapเพราะprɔ́ต้องdtɔ̂ngหาบhàapของkɔ̌ɔngไปไกลbpai-glai
My uncle padded his shoulder with a cloth before resting the carrying pole on it because he had to carry the load a long way.
เวลาwee-laaหาบhàapของkɔ̌ɔngด้วยdûuaiไม้หาบmáai-hàapต้องdtɔ̂ngจัดjàtน้ำหนักnám-nàkทั้งสองtáng-sɔ̌ɔngข้างkâangให้hâiสมดุลsǒm-dunไม่อย่างนั้นmâi-yàang-nánจะjàเดินdəənลำบากlam-bàakและlɛ́เจ็บjèpบ่าbàaได้dâai
When carrying loads with a shoulder pole, you need to balance the weight on both sides; otherwise, walking can be difficult and your shoulder may hurt.
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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หาบhàapหาบhàap1[to] carry with a shoulder pole2shoulder-pole load3classifier: shoulder-pole load (pair of baskets)[to] carry with a shoulder polePart 2
ไม้หาบmáai-hàapไม้หาบmáai-hàapcarrying pole; shoulder polecarrying pole; shoulder poleWord