Food and drink สะเต๊ะ sà-dté
satay noun
- sà low
- dté high
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
Classifier: ไม้máai · stick, skewer; counting word for skewers
How to use it
Skewers of pork or chicken marinated with turmeric and coconut milk, grilled and served with a sweet peanut sauce and อาจาดaa-jàat, a relish of cucumber, shallot and chilli in sweet vinegar. It came to Thailand from Malay and Indonesian cooking.
The Thai spelling has a ตdtaw, so it's said sà-dté, with a crisp dt.
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:
- satay
- sate
- sa te
- sateh
- sa-te
More food and drink in Thai
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- ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง kâao-nǐaw má-mûang Mango sticky rice
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