กระบุง
grà-bungMeanings
1NounA2
a large woven basket
A large, deep woven container with a wide mouth, usually made of bamboo, used to carry or hold items such as rice, paddy, vegetables, farm produce, soil, or sand.
Examples
แม่mɛ̂ɛแม่mɛ̂ɛ1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] tell [sb] to do [sth]; assign; orderกระบุงgrà-bungกระบุงgrà-bung1a large woven basket2classifier: basketfulไม้ไผ่máai-pàiไม้ไผ่máai-pài1bamboo (plant)2bamboo (material)ใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)4[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)ผักpàkผักpàkvegetable(s)จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmสวนsǔuanสวนsǔuan1garden; orchard; park2classifier: gardens/orchards/plantations3[to] oppose; contradict; go against4[to] move against; counter (direction)
Mom uses a bamboo basket to carry vegetables from the garden.
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เมื่อวานmʉ̂ʉa-waanชาวนาchaao-naaแบกbɛ̀ɛkกระบุงgrà-bungปากbpàakกว้างgwâangใส่sàiข้าวเปลือกkâao-bplʉ̀ʉakกลับบ้านglàp-bâan
Yesterday the farmer carried a wide-mouthed basket filled with paddy back home.
พรุ่งนี้prûng-níiเราraoจะjàเอาaoกระบุงgrà-bungใบbaiใหญ่yàiไปbpaiตักdtàkทรายsaaiที่tîiริมคลองrim-klɔɔng
Tomorrow we will take a large basket to scoop sand by the canal.
ระหว่างrá-wàangเก็บgèpผักpàkในnaiไร่râiป้าbpâaก็gɔ̂วางwaangกระบุงgrà-bungสานsǎanใบbaiลึกlʉ́kไว้wáiข้างkâangแปลงbplɛɛngเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaใส่sàiผลผลิตpǒn-pà-lìtที่tîiเก็บได้gèp-dâai
While harvesting vegetables in the field, Aunt placed a deep woven basket beside the plot to hold the produce she gathered.
2ClassifierB1
classifier: basketful
A classifier for the amount contained in one basket; e.g., one basketful of rice, two basketfuls of vegetables.
Examples
เมื่อเช้าmʉ̂ʉa-cháoเมื่อเช้าmʉ̂ʉa-cháothis morning; earlier this morningเขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillขนkǒnขนkǒn1hair; fur (body hair of people/animals)2[to] transport; haul; carry (goods)ผักpàkผักpàkvegetable(s)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect markerกระบุงgrà-bungกระบุงgrà-bung1a large woven basket2classifier: basketfulหนึ่งnʉ̀ngหนึ่งnʉ̀ng1one (number)2a; one; a single3a certain; a particular4first; top; foremostไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already past5too; excessivelyขายkǎaiขายkǎai1[to] sell [sth]2for sale; for purchase3[to] sell oneself; prostitute oneselfที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerตลาดdtà-làatตลาดdtà-làat1market; marketplace2market (economic demand/sector)3popular; mainstream (colloq.)
This morning he carried one basketful of vegetables to sell at the market.
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ชาวนาchaao-naaเก็บข้าวgèp-kâaoโพดpôotได้dâaiสามsǎamกระบุงgrà-bungในnaiรอบrɔ̂ɔpแรกrɛ̂ɛkของkɔ̌ɔngการเก็บเกี่ยวgaan-gèp-gìiao
The farmer gathered three basketfuls of corn in the first round of harvest.
ป้าbpâaบอกให้bɔ̀ɔk-hâiฉันchǎnยกyókมะเขือเทศmá-kʉ̌ʉa-têetสองsɔ̌ɔngกระบุงgrà-bungไปbpaiล้างláangก่อนgɔ̀ɔnเตรียมdtriiamทำtamสลัดsà-làt
Aunt told me to carry two basketfuls of tomatoes to wash before preparing the salad.
วันนี้wan-níiชาวสวนchaao-sǔuanขายkǎaiลำไยlam-yaiนับnápได้dâaiสิบsìpกระบุงgrà-bungหมดเกลี้ยงmòt-glîiangภายในpaai-naiหนึ่งnʉ̀ngชั่วโมงchûua-moong
Today the orchard owner sold ten basketfuls of longan, all gone within an hour.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid classConsonant clusterIn the cluster กร, the first consonant ก sets the class.
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Low tone
grà
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
Mid class + No tone mark + Dead syllable → Low
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |