ควาน(kwaan)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] grope; feel around
to search by feeling with the hands, especially in the dark, inside, or under something
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ควานหาkwaan hăaควานหาkwaan hăa1[to] search for [sth] by feeling; [to] grope for2[to] look hard for; [to] search frantically for [sth]กุญแจgun-jaeกุญแจgun-jae1key (for a lock)2key; crucial factor3answer key; key (solutions)4key (music)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)กระเป๋าgrà-bpăoกระเป๋าgrà-bpăo1bag; handbag; purse2types of bags (by context)3pocket4wallet5CLF: bags, purses, walletsแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)หาไม่เจอhăa mâi jerหาไม่เจอhăa mâi jer[to] be unable to find [sth]
I'm fumbling around for the keys in my bag but can't find them.
2NounB2
mahout; elephant keeper
a person who works with, rides, and cares for an elephant
Examples
นักท่องเที่ยวnák tông tîaoนักท่องเที่ยวnák tông tîaotouristชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ถ่ายรูปtàai rôopถ่ายรูปtàai rôop[to] take a photo; photograph [sb/sth]กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ช้างcháangช้างcháangelephantและláeและláeand (coordinating)ควานkwaanควานkwaan1[to] grope; feel around2mahout; elephant keeperของมันkŏng manของมันkŏng manits (possessive pronoun)
Tourists like to take photos with the elephant and its mahout.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ควาญkwaanควาญkwaanmahout; elephant handler
mahout; elephant handler
คลำklamคลำklam1[to] feel; grope; fumble (with hands)2[to] fumble; grope (sexually, derog.)3[to] palpate (medical)
- [to] feel; grope; fumble (with hands)
- [to] fumble; grope (sexually, derog.)
- [to] palpate (medical)
คนเลี้ยงช้างkon líiang cháangคนเลี้ยงช้างkon líiang cháangelephant keeper; mahout
elephant keeper; mahout
ล้วงlúuangล้วงlúuang1[to] probe; pry (for information)2[to] pickpocket; steal by reaching in3to intrude (into affairs); meddle4[to] reach into; fish out
- [to] probe; pry (for information)
- [to] pickpocket; steal by reaching in
- to intrude (into affairs); meddle
- [to] reach into; fish out