ขยุ้ม

kà-yûm

Meanings

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[to] grab; clutch; scrunch up

to grab or clutch something quickly in the hand, often squeezing it into a small clump; also to scrunch or crumple something with the fingers.

Examples

เด็กน้อยdèk nôiเด็กน้อยdèk nôi1little child; little one2young/naive person (figurative)ใช้มือchái meuใช้มือchái meu[to] use one's hands; by handเล็กๆlék lékเล็กๆlék lék1small; little; tiny (softened by reduplication)2slightly; a littleขยุ้มkà-yûmขยุ้มkà-yûm[to] grab; clutch; scrunch upดินdinดินdin1soil; earth; dirt2the ground; land (surface)3clay; earthen material4electrical ground; earth (electrical)ทรายsaaiทรายsaai1sand2sand (as material)ขึ้นมาkêun maaขึ้นมาkêun maa1[to] come up (toward the speaker); move upward2[to] get up; rise3[to] go up; increase4[to] arise; appear; emerge5[to] become; start to be (change of state)เล่นlênเล่นlên1[to] act; perform (role)2casually; for fun (manner marker)3[to] tease; kid; mess with4[to] use; operate; take up (colloquial extension)5seriously; to a great degree (intensifier, often negative)6[to] play; have fun7[to] play (game/sport/instrument)
The little child used his small hands to grab a clump of sand to play with.

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