กูรำ
guu-ramMeaning
1NounC2
Caesarweed; bur mallow
Caesarweed (Urena lobata), a bush in the mallow family with pink flowers and small fruits covered in hooked hairs that stick to clothes or animal fur.
Examples
หลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2rear; back (part)3behind; at the back of4after; later than5CL: bed; bed-like platform6CL: building; house; structureเดินผ่านdern pàanเดินผ่านdern pàan1[to] walk past; pass by (on foot)2[to] walk through; traverse (on foot)พุ่มpûmพุ่มpûm1bush; shrub2cluster; tuft; bunch3ceremonial floral cone4[classifier] clumps/tuftsกูรำgoo-ramกูรำgoo-ramCaesarweed; bur mallowที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoดอกdòkดอกdòk1flower; blossom2classifier: flowers and similar items3interest (on money)4emphasis or assurance particle (regional or old-fashioned)สีชมพูsĕe chom-pooสีชมพูsĕe chom-poo1pink (color)2pink; pink-colored3rosy; romantic (figurative)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2must; bound toค่อยkôiค่อยkôi1gradually; little by little2gently; softly3not very; hardly (with negation)4then; later; only afterๆ-แกะgàeแกะgàe1sheep2[to] unwrap; open by prying; peel [sth] off3[to] carve; engrave4[to] decipher; work [sth] outผลpŏnผลpŏn1classifier: fruits2result; outcome3fruit (formal)4benefit; advantageเล็กlékเล็กlék1small; little2young; younger; youngest3minor; slightๆ-ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerมีขนmee kŏnมีขนmee kŏn1hairy; furry2[to] have hair/fur/feathers/bristlesเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)ตะขอdtà kŏrตะขอdtà kŏr1hook2fishhook3hook-and-eye fastener (hook part)ออกจากòk jàakออกจากòk jàak1[to] leave; exit; depart from2from; out of (after a verb)ขาkăaขาkăa1leg (body part)2leg/foot (of furniture or object)3polite calling or answering particle (female speech)4classifier: legs (of animals/objects)5enthusiast; regular; participantกางเกงgaang gayngกางเกงgaang gayng1pants; trousers2classifier: ตัว (for pants)
After walking past a caesarweed bush with pink flowers, I had to carefully pick the small fruits with hooked hairs off my trouser legs.
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ขนkǒnรูปrûupตะขอdtà-kɔ̌ɔบนbonผลpǒnกูรำguu-ramไม่ได้mâi-dâaiเพียงpiiangทำtamให้ผลhâi-pǒnติดdtìtเสื้อผ้าsʉ̂ʉa-pâaได้dâaiง่ายngâaiเท่านั้นtâo-nánแต่ยังdtɛ̀ɛ-yangช่วยให้chûuai-hâiเมล็ดmá-létแพร่กระจายprɛ̂ɛ-grà-jaaiไปbpaiกับgàpขนkǒnของkɔ̌ɔngสัตว์sàtที่tîiเดินผ่านdəən-pàanด้วยdûuai
The hooked hairs on caesarweed fruits not only make them cling easily to clothing but also help the seeds disperse on the fur of passing animals.
แม้mɛ́ɛดอกdɔ̀ɔkสีชมพูsǐi-chom-puuของkɔ̌ɔngกูรำguu-ramจะjàดูคล้ายduu-kláaiดอกชบาdɔ̀ɔk-chá-baaขนาดเล็กkà-nàat-lékแต่dtɛ̀ɛการระบุgaan-rá-bùไม้พุ่มmáai-pûmในnaiวงศ์wongชบาchá-baaชนิดchá-nítนี้níiให้hâiแน่ชัดnɛ̂ɛ-chátควรkuuanพิจารณาpí-jaa-rá-naaผลpǒnที่tîiมีขนmii-kǒnรูปrûupตะขอdtà-kɔ̌ɔประกอบด้วยbprà-gɔ̀ɔp-dûuai
Although caesarweed's pink flowers resemble small hibiscus flowers, you should also examine its fruits with hooked hairs to confidently identify this shrub in the mallow family.
ผลpǒnกูรำguu-ramที่tîiเกาะgɔ̀เสื้อsʉ̂ʉaจนjonแกะgɛ̀ออกɔ̀ɔkแทบtɛ̂ɛpไม่mâiหมดmòtอาจàatชวนให้chuuan-hâiคนkonเดินป่าdəən-bpàaหงุดหงิดngùt-ngìtทว่าtá-wâaหากhàakมองmɔɔngในแง่nai-ngɛ̂ɛการแพร่กระจายgaan-prɛ̂ɛ-grà-jaaiพันธุ์panขนkǒnรูปrûupตะขอdtà-kɔ̌ɔเหล่านั้นlào-nánกลับเป็นglàp-bpenกลไกgon-gaiที่tîiช่วยchûuaiพาpaaเมล็ดmá-létไปไกลbpai-glaiจากjàakต้นแม่dtôn-mɛ̂ɛ
Caesarweed fruits that cling to clothing and seem almost impossible to remove completely may frustrate hikers, yet from the perspective of seed dispersal, those hooked hairs are a mechanism that carries seeds far from the parent plant.
Tones
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Why is กูรำ said กู-รัม?
guu-ram
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
guu
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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กูรำguu-ramกูรำguu-ramCaesarweed; bur mallowCaesarweed; bur mallowWord