Nature and weather ทะเลสาบ tá-lee-sàap
lake noun
- tá high
- lee mid
- sàap low
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
How to use it
A lake is ทะเลสาบtá-lee-sàap, a word borrowed from Khmer: sap means fresh, not salty, so it's a "freshwater sea", and Cambodia's great lake, the Tonlé Sap, has the same name. The largest natural lake in Thailand is Songkhla Lake in the South. A smaller lake or a big pond is บึงbueng, and a pond or pool สระsà.
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:
- thalesap
- ta le sap
- talay sap
- thale sab
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