กล้อน
glɔ̂ɔnMeanings
1VerbB1
[to] crop hair or fur
To cut hair or fur to an even, short length.
Examples
เมื่อวานmʉ̂ʉa-waanเมื่อวานmʉ̂ʉa-waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)พ่อpɔ̂ɔพ่อpɔ̂ɔ1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: male person; leader; father figureกล้อนglɔ̂ɔnกล้อนglɔ̂ɔn1[to] crop hair or fur2[to] shorten a word by reducing soundsผมpǒmผมpǒm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3to; for [sb] (recipient)4[to] have [sb] do; cause to5for (benefit of)6so that; in order to7until; to the point that (result)ลูกlûukลูกlûuk1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4fruit5classifier: fruits, balls, and certain other objectsจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofสั้นsânสั้นsân1short (length)2short (time; brief)3conciseเกรียนgriianเกรียนgriian1troll; brat; rude immature person (esp. online)2rude; trollish; bratty (slang)
Yesterday, the father cropped his child's hair very short.
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เขาkǎoกล้อนglɔ̂ɔnผมpǒmจนjonสั้นsânเกรียนgriianเพราะprɔ́ไม่mâiอยากyàakเสียเวลาsǐia-wee-laaจัดทรงjàt-songทุกเช้าtúk-cháao
He cropped his hair very short because he didn't want to spend time styling it every morning.
คนเลี้ยงkon-líiangแกะgɛ̀กล้อนglɔ̂ɔnขนแกะkǒn-gɛ̀ให้hâiสั้นsânทั่วทั้งtûua-tángตัวdtuuaแล้วlɛ́ɛoนำnamขนkǒnไปbpaiขายkǎai
The sheep farmer sheared the sheep's wool short all over its body, then sold the wool.
แม้mɛ́ɛเขาkǎoจะjàเสียดายsǐia-daaiผมpǒmที่tîiไว้wáiยาวyaaoมาหลายเดือนmaa-lǎai-dʉʉanแต่dtɛ̀ɛสุดท้ายsùt-táaiก็gɔ̂ยอมให้yɔɔm-hâiช่างchângกล้อนglɔ̂ɔnจนjonสั้นsânเท่ากันtâo-ganทั้งtángหัวhǔuaเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaแก้ทรงgɛ̂ɛ-songที่tîiตัดdtàtพลาดplâat
Although he hated to lose the hair he had spent months growing, he finally let the barber crop it uniformly short to fix a botched haircut.
2VerbC1
[to] shorten a word by reducing sounds
To shorten a word in pronunciation by reducing or omitting sounds or syllables, especially in the expression กล้อนเสียง.
Examples
ครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3classifier: คน; ท่าน (respectful)บอกว่าbɔ̀ɔk-wâaบอกว่าbɔ̀ɔk-wâa1[to] say/tell that; report/declare that2[of text/sign] say/indicate thatคำว่าkam-wâaคำว่าkam-wâathe word/term (introductory marker)มะม่วงmá-mûuangมะม่วงmá-mûuang1mango (fruit)2mango treeกล้อนglɔ̂ɔnกล้อนglɔ̂ɔn1[to] crop hair or fur2[to] shorten a word by reducing soundsเสียงsǐiangเสียงsǐiang1sound; noise2voice3vote4tone; timbre5phonetic toneมาจากmaa-jàakมาจากmaa-jàak1[to] come from; be from (source/origin)2[to] originate/derive from3[to] result from; be due toคำว่าkam-wâaคำว่าkam-wâathe word/term (introductory marker)หมากmàakหมากmàak1fruit (Isan)2areca nut (betel nut)3chess piece; game piece4move; gambit (figurative)5classifier: moves in a board gameม่วงmûuangม่วงmûuang1purple; violet (color)2purple; violet (the color)
The teacher said that ‘mamuang’ is a shortened pronunciation of ‘mak muang.’
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คำว่าkam-wâaมะพร้าวmá-práaoเกิดจากgə̀ət-jàakการgaanกล้อนglɔ̂ɔnเสียงsǐiangคำว่าkam-wâaหมากพร้าวmàak-práaoโดยdooiลดlótเสียงsǐiangในnaiพยางค์pá-yaangแรกrɛ̂ɛkลงlong
The word ‘maphrao’ developed through the phonetic shortening of ‘mak phrao,’ with sounds in the first syllable reduced.
การgaanกล้อนglɔ̂ɔnเสียงsǐiangจากjàakหมากmàakเป็นbpenมะmáในnaiคำว่าkam-wâaมะม่วงmá-mûuangแสดงให้เห็นว่าsà-dɛɛng-hâi-hěn-wâaรูปคำrûup-kamอาจàatเปลี่ยนไปbplìian-bpaiตามdtaamการออกเสียงgaan-ɔ̀ɔk-sǐiangโดยdooiความหมายkwaam-mǎaiเดิมdəəmยังคงอยู่yang-kong-yùu
The phonetic shortening of ‘mak’ to ‘ma’ in ‘mamuang’ shows how a word's form can change through pronunciation while retaining its original meaning.
แม้máeคำว่าkam wâaสะใภ้sà-páiจะjàกล้อนglônเสียงsĭiangมาจากmaa jàakสาวsăaoใภ้แต่dtàeผู้พูดpûu pûutในปัจจุบันnai bpàt-jù-banอาจàatไม่mâiตระหนักถึงdtrà-nàk tĕungรูปคำrôop kamเดิมdermที่têeอยู่เบื้องหลังyòo bêuuang lăngคำkamซึ่งsêungใช้cháiกันganจนjonคุ้นเคยkún koie
Although ‘saphai’ is a phonetically shortened form of ‘sao phai,’ present-day speakers may be unaware of the original form behind this familiar word.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid classConsonant clusterIn the cluster กล, the first consonant ก sets the class.
- Tone markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Falling tone
glɔ̂ɔn
Starts high, rises a little, then drops clearly.
Mid class + Mai tho → Falling
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 | — | — |