คนึง
ká-nʉngMeaning
1VerbC1
[to] yearn for [sb]/[sth]; [to] think of [sb]/[sth] with longing (poetic)
to yearn for or think of someone or something with deep longing; often used in a poetic or formal style.
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)คืนkʉʉnคืนkʉʉn1nighttime; night2[to] return [sth]; give back3[to] refund; reimburse4back; in return5[to] return; come back (literary)ที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerฝนตกfǒn-dtòkฝนตกfǒn-dtòkit is raining; [to] rainฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)มักจะmák-jàมักจะmák-jà1often; usually (habit/frequency)2tend to; be apt/prone to (general tendency)คนึงká-nʉngคนึงká-nʉng[to] yearn for [sb]/[sth]; [to] think of [sb]/[sth] with longing (poetic)ถึงtʉ̌ngถึงtʉ̌ng1to; until; up to2[to] arrive; reach3to; toward (recipient/goal)4even if; even though5as much as; as many as; to the point of6only then; then as a result (informal)7about; concerning; regardingวันที่wan-tîiวันที่wan-tîicalendar date; specific day of a monthเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)เคยkəəiเคยkəəi1ever; before (past experience)2used to (past habit or state)3shrimp paste (Southern Thai)อยู่ด้วยกันyùu-dûuai-ganอยู่ด้วยกันyùu-dûuai-gan[to] be together; [to] live together
On rainy nights, I often think of the days we used to be together.
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แม้máeจะjàจากjàakบ้านbâanมาmaaไกลแสนไกลglai săen glaiแต่dtàeเขาkăoก็gâwยังคงyang kongคนึงká-neungถึงtĕungรสชาติอาหารrót-sà-châat aa-hăanฝีมือfĕe meuแม่mâeเสมอsà-mĕr
Even though he is so far from home, he always yearns for the taste of his mother's cooking.
กวีเอกgà-wii-èekมักmákใช้cháiถ้อยคำtɔ̂ɔi-kamที่tîiลึกซึ้งlʉ́k-sʉ́ngเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaพรรณนาถึงpan-ná-naa-tʉ̌ngความรู้สึกkwaam-rúu-sʉ̀kคนึงká-nʉngหาhǎaคนรักkon-rákที่tîiจากไปjàak-bpai
Great poets often use profound words to describe the feeling of yearning for a departed lover.
ทหารหาญtá-hǎan-hǎanผู้pûuจากjàakบ้านเกิดเมืองนอนbâan-gə̀ət-mʉʉang-nɔɔnไปรบbpai-rópณnáแดนไกลdɛɛn-glaiย่อมyɔ̂mคนึงká-nʉngถึงtʉ̌ngแผ่นดินแม่pɛ̀n-din-mɛ̂ɛทุกtúkลมหายใจlom-hǎai-jai
A brave soldier who has left his homeland to fight in a distant land naturally yearns for his motherland with every breath.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is คนึง said คะ-นึง?
ká-nʉng
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
ká
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
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 | — | — |