baht: Thai coin worth about five U.S. cents

farang: Caucasian foreigner

hinghoy: firefly

kasalong: white flowers

kome: paper lanterns

kome loy: floating lanterns

krathong: basket

Kun Kru: Teacher

Kun Mere: Mother

Kun Pa: Father

Kun Ya: Grandmother

Loy Krathong: Harvest Festival (literally “Floating Baskets”)

Mae Nam: Mother Water

mangosteen: a dark purple fruit with white inside

phang patit: earthen lamps

rambutan: a bright red fruit with white inside

samlaw: a large tricycle

sarong: a rectangular length of fabric used as a garment

sawasdee: hello and goodbye

stang: Thai coin worth about one-fiftieth of a U.S. cent