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pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | ปฺลา-ร้า-เป็น-อา-หาน-ชะ-นิด-หฺนึ่ง-ที่-มี-พู่-นิ-ยม-บอ-ริ-โพก-เป็น-จำ-นวน-มาก-โดย-ฉะ-เพาะ-ชาว-บ้าน-แถบ-พาก-อี-สาน |
IPA | plaː ráː pen ʔaː hǎːn tɕʰá nít nɯ̀ŋ tʰîː miː pʰûː níʔ jom bɔː ríʔ pʰôːk pen tɕam nuːan mâːk doːj tɕʰà pʰɔ́ʔ tɕʰaːw bâːn tʰɛ̀ːp pʰâːk ʔiː sǎːn |
Royal Thai General System | pla ra pen ahan chanit nueng thi mi phu niyom boriphok pen chamnuan mak doi chapho chao ban thaep phak isan |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "Fermented fish is a very popular type of food and is widely consumed, especially by local people in the Northeast." | ||
categories | |||
components | ปลาร้า | bplaaM raaH | fermented fish preserved with salt. Also called ปลาแดก |
เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
อาหาร | aaM haanR | food; meal; diet | |
ชนิดหนึ่ง | chaH nitH neungL | a type; one type, a single instance; one version | |
ที่มี | theeF meeM | which has; which have; who has; who have; there are | |
ผู้นิยม | phuuF niH yohmM | enthusiast | |
บริโภค | baawM riH pho:hkF | to consume | |
เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
จำนวน | jamM nuaanM | amount; number; quantity (of countable nouns) | |
มาก | maakF | much; many; very; more; so much; a great deal; seriously | |
โดยเฉพาะ | dooyM chaL phawH | especially; specifically; in particular; particularly | |
ชาวบ้าน | chaaoM baanF | villagers; "common folks"; the people; the hoi polloi, the salt of the earth; ordinary people | |
แถบ | thaaepL | area; zone; region; district | |
ภาค | phaakF | [numerical classifier for geographical regions, academic terms] | |
อีสาน | eeM saanR | Isaan; Isan; general name for the Northeastern region of Thailand, the area of the Khorat plateau, a largely agricultural area | |