ความอาลัยอาวรณ์(kwaam aa-lai aa-won)

Meanings

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yearning; lingering sorrow

A deep, lingering feeling of attachment and sadness when parting or after a loss; a longing that makes it hard to let go.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillยังคงyang kongยังคงyang kongstill; [to] remain; [to] continue to be/have/doมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoความอาลัยอาวรณ์kwaam aa-lai aa-wonความอาลัยอาวรณ์kwaam aa-lai aa-wonyearning; lingering sorrowถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reach6even if; even thoughบ้านเกิดbâan gèrtบ้านเกิดbâan gèrtbirthplace; hometownแม้máeแม้máe1even2even; even if; althoughจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ย้ายไปอยู่yáai bpai yòoย้ายไปอยู่yáai bpai yòo[to] relocate; move to live (somewhere else)ที่อื่นtêe èunที่อื่นtêe èun1elsewhere; somewhere else2another place; a different locationนานแล้วnaan láewนานแล้วnaan láewa long time ago
He still has a lingering attachment to his hometown even though he moved away a long time ago.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ความkwaamความkwaam1abstract noun prefix2fact; matter; affair (formal)Part 1
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อาลัยอาวรณ์aa-lai aa-wonอาลัยอาวรณ์aa-lai aa-won1[to] mourn; grieve2[to] be reluctant to part; pine forPart 2
ความอาลัยอาวรณ์kwaam aa-lai aa-wonความอาลัยอาวรณ์kwaam aa-lai aa-wonyearning; lingering sorrow