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| อวน uaanM |  |
| Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | อวน |
| IPA | ʔuːan |
| Royal Thai General System | uan |
| [noun] | |||
| definition | seine, a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore | ||
| classifier | ปาก  | bpaakL | [numerical classifier for cast-net, fishing net, fish net; seine, purse net, purse seine, ring net; oral evidence] |
| examples | อวนสามปาก | uaanM saamR bpaakL | three seines |
| อวนติดตา | uaanM dtitL dtaaM | [fishing] gillnet | |
| อวนล้อมจับมีสายมาน | uaanM laawmH japL meeM saaiR maanM | [fishing] purse seine | |
| อวนลอย | uaanM laawyM | [fishing] drift net | |
| อวนลาก | uaanM laakF | [fishing] trawl [net] | |
| อวนลอยกลางน้ำ | uaanM laawyM glaangM naamH | [fishing] drift gill net | |
| ตีอวน | dteeM uaanM | to lay down a gill net | |
| sample sentences | |||
บรรยากาศยามเช้าของที่นี่นอกจากมีเรือข้ามฟากแล้ว ในท้องแม่น้ำโขงยังมีเรือหาปลาของคนไทยคนลาว กำลังกู้อวนกระจายกันนับร้อยราย... banM yaaM gaatL yaamM chaaoH khaawngR theeF neeF naawkF jaakL meeM reuuaM khaamF faakF laaeoH naiM thaawngH maaeF naamH kho:hngR yangM meeM reuuaM haaR bplaaM khaawngR khohnM thaiM khohnM laaoM gamM langM guuF uaanM graL jaaiM ganM napH raawyH raaiM "In addition to the ferries shuttling people back and forth, dotting the Mekong are also hundreds of Thai- and Lao-owned fishing boats gathering in their nets..." | |||
| as a suffix | ทุ่นอวน | thoonF uaanM | float or buoy for a fishing net |
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