ครืน
krʉʉnMeanings
1NounB2
rumble; boom (low, continuous sound)
a low, continuous rumbling or booming sound, as of waves, wind, or distant thunder
Examples
ลมทะเลlom-tá-leeลมทะเลlom-tá-leesea breezeพัดpátพัดpát1[to] blow; [to] fan2fan; hand fan3classifier: อัน4[to] blow; sweep; carry alongแรงrɛɛngแรงrɛɛng1strong; intense; severe2force; strength; power3hard; strongly (adverbial use)4very; extremely (Southern Thai)เสียงคลื่นsǐiang-klʉ̂ʉnเสียงคลื่นsǐiang-klʉ̂ʉnsound of wavesซัดsátซัดsát1[to] hurl; fling; throw hard2[to] lash; batter (waves/wind)3[to] gobble; chug (slang)4[to] blame; shift blame (colloquial)5[to] beat up; punch; strike (colloquial)6[to] shoot forcefully (sports, colloquial)7[to] sweep; drive [sth] alongฝั่งfàngฝั่งfàng1shore; bank2sideดังdangดังdang1loud2[to] sound; resound3famous; well-known4as; likeครืนkrʉʉnครืนkrʉʉn1rumble; boom (low, continuous sound)2[to] rumble; boom (of waves/thunder)3rumble! (onomatopoeic)ตลอดคืนdtà-lɔ̀ɔt-kʉʉnตลอดคืนdtà-lɔ̀ɔt-kʉʉnall night long
The sea wind blew strong, and the waves crashed onto the shore with a constant low rumble all night.
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พายุpaa-yúยังอยู่yang-yùuไกลglaiแต่dtɛ̀ɛฟ้าfáaทางtaangทิศตะวันตกtít-dtà-wan-dtòkเริ่มrə̂əmดังdangครืนkrʉʉnไม่ขาดสายmâi-kàat-sǎai
The storm is still far away, but the western sky has begun to rumble continuously.
ในnaiความมืดkwaam-mʉ̂ʉtเสียงsǐiangครืนkrʉʉnของkɔ̌ɔngฟ้าfáaที่tîiห่างไกลhàang-glaiทำให้tam-hâiหมู่บ้านmùu-bâanเงียบงันngîiap-nganยิ่งyîngน่าnâaหวั่นwàn
In the darkness, the distant low rumble of the sky made the village’s silence even more unsettling.
เมื่อmêuuaเมฆดำmâyk damก่อตัวgò dtuuaหนาทึบnăa téupเสียงsĭiangทะเลtá-layก็gâwดังdangครืนkreunรับrápกันganกับgàpเสียงฟ้าคำรามsĭiang fáa kam-raamอยู่yòoลิบๆlíp líp
As the dark clouds thickened, the sea’s low booming sound echoed in tandem with the faint rumble of thunder.
2VerbB2
[to] rumble; boom (of waves/thunder)
to make a low, continuous rumbling or booming sound, typically used of waves, wind, or distant thunder
Examples
คืนนี้kʉʉn-níiคืนนี้kʉʉn-níi1tonight (the night of today)2tonightคลื่นทะเลklʉ̂ʉn-tá-leeคลื่นทะเลklʉ̂ʉn-tá-leesea wave; ocean waveซัดsátซัดsát1[to] hurl; fling; throw hard2[to] lash; batter (waves/wind)3[to] gobble; chug (slang)4[to] blame; shift blame (colloquial)5[to] beat up; punch; strike (colloquial)6[to] shoot forcefully (sports, colloquial)7[to] sweep; drive [sth] alongครืนkrʉʉnครืนkrʉʉn1rumble; boom (low, continuous sound)2[to] rumble; boom (of waves/thunder)3rumble! (onomatopoeic)ไม่ขาดสายmâi-kàat-sǎaiไม่ขาดสายmâi-kàat-sǎai1continuously; without interruption2unceasing; uninterrupted; continuousทำให้tam-hâiทำให้tam-hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]หลับยากlàp-yâakหลับยากlàp-yâakhard to fall asleep
Tonight the sea waves keep booming continuously, making it hard to sleep.
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The wind blew so hard that the roof made a low continuous rumble all night.
ฟ้าร้องfáa-rɔ́ɔngครืนkrʉʉnมาmaaแต่ไกลdtɛ̀ɛ-glaiบอกให้bɔ̀ɔk-hâiรู้rúuว่าwâaพายุpaa-yúใกล้เข้ามาglâi-kâo-maa
Thunder rumbled from afar, signaling that the storm was approaching.
เสียงคลื่นsĭiang klêunกระทบgrà-tópโขดหินkòht hĭnดังdangครืนkreunยาวๆyaao yaaoผสมกับpà-sŏm gàpลมแรงlom raengจนjonพื้นpéunสะเทือนsà-teuuan
Waves crashing against the rocks produced a long, low rumble, mixed with strong winds that made the ground tremble.
3InterjectionB2
rumble! (onomatopoeic)
an onomatopoeic interjection imitating a low rumbling or booming noise, as of waves or thunder
Examples
ฟ้าร้องfáa róngฟ้าร้องfáa róng1[to] thunder2thunder (sound in a storm)ครืนkreunครืนkreun1rumble; boom (low, continuous sound)2[to] rumble; boom (of waves/thunder)3rumble! (onomatopoeic)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainไกลๆglai glaiไกลๆglai glai1from afar; at a distance2far-off; distantเหมือนmĕuuanเหมือนmĕuuan1similar; alike2like; as3as if; as thoughพายุpaa-yúพายุpaa-yú1storm2storm (figurative)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect marker
Thunder rumbled—kruen—in the distance, as if a storm was coming.
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Waves kept crashing ashore with a low boom—kruen—all night.
ทันทีที่tan-tii-tîiเมฆดำmêek-damปกคลุมbpòk-klumเมืองmʉʉangทั้งtángเมืองmʉʉangก็gɔ̂ได้ยินdâi-yinเสียงsǐiangครืนkrʉʉnรัวruuaต่อเนื่องdtɔ̀ɔ-nʉ̂ʉang
As soon as dark clouds covered the sky, the whole city heard a continuous rumbling—kruen—rolling in.
ระเบียงrá-biiangสั่นsànน้อยๆnói nóiเมื่อmêuuaฟ้าผ่าfáa pàaตามด้วยdtaam dûuaiเสียงsĭiangครืนkreunยาวyaaoก้องgôngหุบเขาhùp kăo
The balcony trembled slightly as lightning struck, followed by a long booming—kruen—echoing through the valley.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow classConsonant clusterIn the cluster คร, the first consonant ค sets the class.
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -น, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
krʉʉn
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low 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 | — | — |