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How to say to work as a communal labour party
in Thai
ลงแขก
long-kàaek
to work as a communal labour party
long midkàaek low
Neighbours take turns helping each other transplant or harvest, and the host feeds everyone. Still alive in some villages; now also used jokingly for group work.
- Part of speech
- verb
In a sentence
- ลงแขกเกี่ยวข้าวlong-kàaek gìao-kâaoharvest together, taking turns
The culture behind it
CULTURE
The rice year
From the same situation: Agriculture and rural life
- เกษตรกรfarmer (general)
- การเกษตรagriculture, farming
- ภาคเกษตรthe agricultural sector
- ชาวสวนorchard or plantation grower
- ชาวไร่field-crop farmer
- ไร่rai (1,600 m²); upland field
- ตารางวาsquare wa (4 m²)
- แปลงplot, bed (of land)
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