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Meanings

1NounB2

derogatory prefix (male-referencing)

a rude or contemptuous prefix before a man’s name or a male-referencing noun to show disrespect or anger

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyเห็นว่าhĕn wâaเห็นว่าhĕn wâa[to] think that; [to] be of the opinion thatไอ้âiไอ้âi1derogatory prefix (male-referencing)2guy; bloke (coarse, colloquial)3you (insulting; vocative)4this/that damn… (insulting)เมธmêtเมธmêtThai male given name (from Pali/Skt medhā ‘intellect’)โกหกgoh-hòkโกหกgoh-hòk1[to] lie; tell a lie2a lie; falsehood (rare as noun)อีกแล้วèek láewอีกแล้วèek láewagain; once more (often with annoyance)ทุกคนtúk konทุกคนtúk koneveryone; everybodyในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ทีมteemทีมteem1team; group2squad; staff unitก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ไว้ใจwái jaiไว้ใจwái jai[to] trust; rely on
When they saw that that jerk Met lied again, everyone on the team began to distrust him.
2NounB2

this/that damn… (insulting)

an offensive modifier before a noun to express scorn, annoyance, or hostility

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ทนtonทนton1[to] endure; tolerate; bear2[to] withstand; resist3durable; resistant (of things)ไอ้âiไอ้âi1derogatory prefix (male-referencing)2guy; bloke (coarse, colloquial)3you (insulting; vocative)4this/that damn… (insulting)เสียงรบกวนsĭiang róp guanเสียงรบกวนsĭiang róp guan1noise; unwanted sound2noise; interference (signals/data)จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)ห้องhôngห้องhông1room2classifier: roomsข้างๆkâang kâangข้างๆkâang kâang1beside; next to2nearby; at the side; next door3adjacent; neighboring; next-door4the adjacent person/place (elliptical)ไม่ไหวmâi wăiไม่ไหวmâi wăi[to] be unable (to [do sth]); cannotแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
I can’t stand that annoying noise from the next room anymore.
3NounC1

guy; bloke (coarse, colloquial)

a rough or low-register prefix used before some nouns among close peers; tone can be less insulting depending on context

Examples

เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightไอ้แมวâi maewไอ้แมวâi maewdamn cat; that cat (derog.)ข้างบ้านkâang bâanข้างบ้านkâang bâan1next door; at the neighboring house2the house/people next door; neighbors3next-door; neighboring (as a modifier)4by the side of the houseมาคุ้ยmaa kúiมาคุ้ยmaa kúi[to] rummage around; poke through (colloquial, pejorative)ถังขยะtăng kà-yàถังขยะtăng kà-yàtrash can; garbage binอีกแล้วèek láewอีกแล้วèek láewagain; once more (often with annoyance)เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightเก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to collect; pick up; gather2to tidy up; put in order3to charge; take (a fee/payment)4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to keep; store; put away7to put away/holster (weapon); to concealให้เรียบร้อยhâi rîiap-róiให้เรียบร้อยhâi rîiap-róiproperly; neatly; to completionเองayngเองayng1oneself; personally; by oneself2exactly that/itself3emphatic particle (self/only)
Last night that darn cat next door rummaged through the trash again, so we had to clean it up ourselves.
4NounC1

you (insulting; vocative)

used to address someone directly with contempt; strongly impolite

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerทำกร่างtam gràangทำกร่างtam gràang[to] act tough; swagger; throw one’s weight aroundนะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)ไอ้âiไอ้âi1derogatory prefix (male-referencing)2guy; bloke (coarse, colloquial)3you (insulting; vocative)4this/that damn… (insulting)คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleโกงgohngโกงgohng1[to] cheat; swindle; rig2cheating; corrupt; rigged3cheat; fraudฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoหลักฐานlàk tăanหลักฐานlàk tăan1evidence; proof2documentary evidence; supporting document3basis; grounds (abstract)ครบkrópครบkróp1complete; full; all present2in full; completely3[time] to be complete; to reach the full termหมดแล้วmòt láewหมดแล้วmòt láewall gone; finished; sold out
Don’t act tough, you cheat; I’ve got complete evidence.

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