Animals แพะ páe
goat noun
- páe high
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
Classifier: ตัวdtua · counting word for animals, clothes, tables and chairs
How to use it
แพะpáe is short and high. Someone wrongly blamed for another person's crime is a แพะpáe, short for แพะรับบาปpáe ráp bàap, "the goat that takes the sins", and when the police arrest the wrong person, the news says they จับแพะjàp páe, "caught a goat".
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:
- phae
- paeh
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