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เมนูอาหารที่สำคัญและขาดปลาร้าไม่ได้เลยคือ ส้มตำ maehM nuuM aaM haanR theeF samR khanM laeH khaatL bplaaM raaH maiF daiF leeuyM kheuuM sohmF dtamM |
pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | เม-นู-อา-หาน-ที่-สำ-คัน-และ-ขาด-ปฺลา-ร้า-ไม่-ได้-เลย-คือ-ซ่ม-ตำ |
IPA | meː nuː ʔaː hǎːn tʰîː sǎm kʰan lɛ́ʔ kʰàːt plaː ráː mâj dâj lɤːj kʰɯː sôm tam |
Royal Thai General System | menu ahan thi samkhan lae khat pla ra mai dai loei khue som tam |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "The one important dish which cannot be made without fermented fish is papaya salad." | ||
categories | |||
components | เมนู | maehM nuuM | [Thai transcription of the foreign loanword] menu; menu item; dish |
อาหาร | aaM haanR | food; meal; diet | |
ที่ | theeF | [the relative pronouns] that; which; which is... | |
สำคัญ | samR khanM | [is] important; vital; essential, the main; necessary; required | |
และ | laeH | and | |
ขาด | khaatL | to lack; need | |
ปลาร้า | bplaaM raaH | fermented fish preserved with salt. Also called ปลาแดก | |
ไม่ได้ | maiF daiF | [is] unable to; cannot | |
เลย | leeuyM | [used for emphasis at the end of a statement] "...at all." — "...so much!" — "...extremely!; completely, directly; simply, without doing anything else first; right away | |
คือ | kheuuM | [copula] to be; (conjunction used for equivalence definitions) | |
ส้มตำ | sohmF dtamM | spicy green papaya salad, a specialty of northeastern Thailand. Isaan people call it ตำหมากหุ่ง and ตำบักหุ่ง | |