Thread: Types of wood - translation

I've just been pottering around a garden centre mingling with a bunch of Burmese labourers..I know how to choose my company..and needed to know the type of wood that they were using to build a certain type of sala...

One of them was mai daeng - ok easy, know that one, but the other was mai sak which I've never heard of. I asked the labourer to spell it for me and he rattled off ไม้ ส้ก. I think he's got it wrong as Google translate offers 'social and wood' when I feed it in.

Any clue?

Originally Posted by somtamslap

I've just been pottering around a garden centre

Are you taking the piss?

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Are you taking the piss?

I'm actually rather partial to a bit of pottering.

I quite like 'chores' too.

It may be compressed, layered wood or planks.

Originally Posted by somtamslap

I quite like 'chores' too.

And you have an acting career behind you; wanna play a body double? Immediate vacancy, good rates of pay...

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

wanna play a body double? Immediate vacancy, good rates of pay...

Essentially I'll be getting beaten up, possibly to the point of dismemberment or even mudered with a fucking meat cleaver, so I'm going to be wanting a substancial amount of wonger.

Originally Posted by BugginOut

It may be compressed, layered wood or planks.

I'll stick a pick up in a min - the visual should help.

Originally Posted by somtamslap

I'm actually rather partial to a bit of pottering. I quite like 'chores' too.

5 letters.
Starts with a p and ends with nce.

mai sak = teakwood

Originally Posted by tango

mai sak = teakwood

Cheers..

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Starts with a p and ends with nce.

Pence? Don't use my street name on here withnall, I might have to clip everyone on the forum if they catch wind of my game.

Here's a list for yer Slap ,hope this help ,especially the next time you want to get wood with Mrs Slap .

List of wood kinds / Thai names:

Mai sisiet nua =Mimosa (Acacia catechu)
Mai makha = Black rosewood or Monkey Pod Tree (Afzelia xylocarpa)
Gaang luang = Persian Silk Tree (Albizia chinensis)
Mai krabak yai = Korth. (Anisoptera costata)
Mai saake = Breadfruit (Artocarpus communis)
Mai kanun = Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Mai ngiu = Cotton Tree (Bombax ceiba)
Mai chayapruek = Laburnum (Cassia fistula)
Mai ma prao = Coconut (Cocos nucifera)
Mai daang = Rosewood (Dalbergia parviflora)
Mai ma klua = Ebony(Diospyros mollis)
Mai yang = Indian ash (Dipterocarpus)
Mai yukalip = Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus sp)
Mai ni krot = Fig Tree (Ficus bengalensis)
Mai dton bo = Sacred Fig or Bo Tree(Ficus religiosa)
Mai para = Pará Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis)
Mai takhien = White Thingan (Hopea odorata)
Mai tong bung = Tualang (Koompassia excelsa)
Mai ma muang = Mango (Mangifera caloneura)
Mai champa = Magnolia(Michelia champaca)
Mai dton son = Pine (Pinus kesiya, merkusii)
Mai pradu = New Guinea Rosewood or Narra Wood (Pterocarpus indicus)
Mai ching chun = Siamese Rosewood (Pterocarpus macrocarpus)
Mai gong gang = Mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata)
Mai cham churee -Rain tree (Samanea samana)
Mai daang = Taengwood 'Balau' (Shorea obtusa)
Mai rang = Red Lauan (Shorea siamensis)
Mai gong gang = Mangrove(Sonneratia sp)
Mai makam = Tamarind (Tamarindus indica)
Mai sak = Teak (Tectona grandis)
Mai daeng = Burma Ironwood(Xylia xylocarpa)

PS... I can't guarantee this is 100% correct but it's close

Is there a place in Rayong, or Pattaya where I can purchase some of these woods.
whittler

Originally Posted by whittler

Is there a place in Rayong, or Pattaya where I can purchase some of these woods.
whittler

I was a little vague, in my post. I want to make about 3 walking sticks. I will need
a, 2, inch x 2, inch, x 4, foot piece of wood. I don't know how rare these woods.
but I ould like, a piece of teak, rosewood, black rosewood, or red lauan.

Thanks,

whittler