ขึ้นต้น(kêun dtôn)
Meanings
1VerbA2
[to] begin; start (text/speech/letter)
To begin or start something, especially a text, sentence, letter, or speech.
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ขึ้นต้นkêun dtônขึ้นต้นkêun dtôn1[to] begin; start (text/speech/letter)2[to] begin with (a letter/word/phrase)จดหมายjòt măaiจดหมายjòt măai1letter (mail)2formal letter; epistleแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)นะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)
I'm going to start the letter now.
2VerbB1
[to] begin with (a letter/word/phrase)
To begin with a specific letter, word, or phrase; used to state what something starts with.
Examples
นามสกุลnaam sà-gunนามสกุลnaam sà-gun1surname; family name2suffix; ending; family name (variant sense)ของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineขึ้นต้นkêun dtônขึ้นต้นkêun dtôn1[to] begin; start (text/speech/letter)2[to] begin with (a letter/word/phrase)ด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toตัวอักษรdtuua àk-sŏnตัวอักษรdtuua àk-sŏn1letter; character2text character(s); letteringวwá
My last name begins with the letter 'W' (wɔɔ wɛ̌ɛn).
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ขึ้นต้นkêun dtônขึ้นต้นkêun dtôn[to] begin; start (text/speech/letter)