กัลป์(gan)
Meanings
1NounC1
eon; kalpa (Buddhist cosmology)
A vast period of time in Buddhist and Hindu cosmology (a kalpa); by extension, a very long time.
Examples
รถติดrót dtìtรถติดrót dtìt1traffic jam; congestion2[to] have heavy traffic; be congestedมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)รู้สึกrúu-sèukรู้สึกrúu-sèuk1[to] feel; sense2[to] feel (linking verb use)3[to] feel that…; think (impression/opinion)เหมือนmĕuuanเหมือนmĕuuan1similar; alike2like; as3as if; as thoughรอrorรอror1[to] wait2[to] wait for; awaitมาเป็นmaa bpenมาเป็นmaa bpen1[to] become; serve as2[to] come in (a form/quantity)3for (a duration) up to nowกัลป์ganกัลป์ganeon; kalpa (Buddhist cosmology)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)กว่าจะgwàa jàกว่าจะgwàa jànot until; by the time (introducing a clause)ถึงบ้านtĕung bâanถึงบ้านtĕung bâan[to] arrive home
The traffic is so bad today. It feels like I've been waiting for ages to get home.