ไรน้ำ
rai-náamMeaning
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water flea
water flea; tiny aquatic crustacean often used as fish food
Examples
พ่อpɔ̂ɔพ่อpɔ̂ɔ1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: male person; leader; father figureซื้อsʉ́ʉซื้อsʉ́ʉ1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offไรน้ำrai-náamไรน้ำrai-náamwater fleaมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect markerให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3to; for [sb] (recipient)4[to] have [sb] do; cause to5for (benefit of)6so that; in order to7until; to the point that (result)ปลาทองbplaa-tɔɔngปลาทองbplaa-tɔɔng1goldfish2forgetful person (figurative, colloq.)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] take medicine (colloquial)4[to] consume; use up5[to] corrode; erode; eat into6[to] take (a bribe); pocket7[to] capture; take (a piece in a board game)
Dad bought water fleas to feed the goldfish.
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We can easily breed water fleas ourselves in the backyard.
ไรน้ำrai-náamเป็นbpenอาหารสดaa-hǎan-sòtที่tîiมีmiiโปรตีนbproo-dtiinสูงsǔungและlɛ́เหมาะmɔ̀สำหรับsǎm-ràpลูกปลาlûuk-bplaaที่tîiเพิ่งpə̂ngฟักfákออกจากɔ̀ɔk-jàakไข่kài
Water fleas are live food with high protein and are suitable for newly hatched fish.
เกษตรกรgà-sèet-dtà-gɔɔnผู้pûuเพาะเลี้ยงpɔ́-líiangสัตว์น้ำsàt-náamมักจะmák-jàใช้cháiไรน้ำrai-náamเป็นbpenอาหารaa-hǎanอนุบาลà-nú-baanลูกปลาlûuk-bplaaเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaลดlótต้นทุนdtôn-tunในnaiการซื้อgaan-sʉ́ʉอาหารaa-hǎanเม็ดmét
Aquaculture farmers often use water fleas as nursery food for young fish to reduce the cost of buying pellet food.
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 markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableThe vowel ไ hides a final -ย, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
rai
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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
ไรraiไรrai1mite (tiny arachnid)2(colloq.) what?; wh- (shortened form of อะไร)3(colloq.) what; which4rice seedling; rice sprout (Northern/poetic)5hairline; edge of the hair (as in ไรผม)mite (tiny arachnid)Part 1
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ไรน้ำrai-náamไรน้ำrai-náamwater fleawater fleaWord