How Do You Say "parrot" In Thai

[GungaDin]

Hi,

How do you say,

in Thai,

"Parrot" (noun)

Bird cage

Weaned

Unweaned

Perch holders

Unrelated

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Many thanks if you can help.

[meadish_sweetball]

parrot = นกแก้ว nok[H] kaew[FL]

unrelated = ไม่เกี่ยว (กัน) mai[F] kiaw[L] kan[M] 'having no connection with'

OR

unrelated = ไม่ได้เป็นญาติกัน mai[F] dai[F] pen[M] yaat[F] kan[M] 'not being part of the same family'

If you are going to say 'X is unrelated to Y' you need to replace the กัน [kan] at the end with the word กับ [kap].

bird cage = กรงนก krong[M] nok[H]

'k' is like in 'skate' or like a hard 'g' - not aspirated like 'k' in 'king'. (If you are familiar with phonetics, it's an unvoiced, unaspirated sound).

[GungaDin]

Thank you,

I can now go ahead and order 40,000 unrelated Parrots.

That just leaves

Weaned

Unweaned

Perch holders

cheers

Edited December 21, 2008 by GungaDin