Nature and weather ป่า bpàa
forest, jungle; wild noun
- bpàa low
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
How to use it
ป่าbpàa covers forest, jungle and woods, and it also means wild: ช้างป่าcháang bpàa are wild elephants and a wolf is หมาป่าmǎa-bpàa, "forest dog". Trekking is เดินป่าdoen-bpàa, "walking the forest", and a rainforest is ป่าดิบชื้นbpàa dìp chúuen, "raw, humid forest". Forest fires, ไฟป่าfai bpàa, are behind much of the smoke over the North in the burning season.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- bpa
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