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| เอามะพร้าวห้าวไปขายสวน aoM maH phraaoH haaoF bpaiM khaaiR suaanR |  |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | เอา-มะ-พฺร้าว-ฮ่าว-ไป-ขาย-สวน |
| IPA | ʔaw máʔ pʰráːw hâːw paj kʰǎːj sǔːan |
| Royal Thai General System | ao maphrao hao pai khai suan |
| [example sentence, figurative, colloquial, idiom] | |||
| definition | "Bringing ripe coconuts to sell in the orchard." [an idiom for a meaningless action, as in the English idiom "bringing coals to Newcastle."] | ||
| notes | Russian 'carting samovars to Tula'; German 'taking owls to Athens. | ||
| categories | |||
| components |  เอา  | aoM | to desire; to want; to specify or order |
| มะพร้าว | maH phraaoH | [general] coconut | |
| ห้าว | haaoF | [of a coconut] ripe; mature; ready for picking | |
| ไป | bpaiM | to go; <subject> goes | |
| ขาย | khaaiR | to sell | |
| สวน | suaanR | garden; field; park; farm; plantation | |
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