Khun Jae is a key so Mae Khun Jae refers to a key used to open many different locks in a building.

‘Baan’ means ‘home’, so Mae Baan is a woman who looks after a home and does housework. She is the mistress (in the old meaning of the word) of her house.

The word ‘raeng’ refers to power. Mae Raeng is a small instrument used for lifting up enormous things, like cars.

The word ‘lek’ means iron. Mae Lek is also iron but it can attract objects made of iron toward it - hence, magnet.

Kaa refers to selling and a Mae Kaa is a woman who sells goods, especially in markets.

The word ‘si’ in thai refers to all of the colors, but Mae Si refers only to the three primary colors - red, yellow and blue.