คะเมน
ká-meenMeaning
1VerbB2
[to] tumble head over heels; [to] fall headlong
to tumble or turn over headfirst, especially when falling headlong
Examples
เด็กชายdèk-chaaiเด็กชายdèk-chaai1boy; male child2Master (Thai formal title for a boy)วิ่งเล่นwîng-lênวิ่งเล่นwîng-lên[to] run around for fun; rompในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)สวนsǔuanสวนsǔuan1garden; orchard; park2classifier: gardens/orchards/plantations3[to] oppose; contradict; go against4[to] move against; counter (direction)แล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)สะดุดsà-dùtสะดุดsà-dùt1[to] trip; stumble2[to] snag; get caught3[to] falter; be interruptedรากrâakรากrâak1root (plant part)2root; origin; foundation3root (math)4root (linguistics)5[to] vomit; throw upไม้máaiไม้máai1wood; timber2stick; rod; club; bat3classifier: skewers of food4tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)5tool; implementจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofหกคะเมนhòk-ká-meenหกคะเมนhòk-ká-meen[to] tumble; [to] somersaultลงไปlong-bpaiลงไปlong-bpai1[to] go down; descend (away)2directional particle: down/into (away)3and below; downward from (a point)กองgɔɔngกองgɔɔng1pile; heap; stack2to pile (up); heap; stack3classifier: piles; heaps; groups; units4division; department; unit; corpsกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3side dish; accompaniment4against; versus5to; toward (recipient/target)พื้นpʉ́ʉnพื้นpʉ́ʉn1floor2ground; base surface; bottom3plain; unpatterned4basis; level; background (figurative)5background (color/pattern)
The boy was running in the garden and tripped over a tree root, tumbling headfirst onto the ground.
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เขาkǎoขี่จักรยานkìi-jàk-grà-yaanลงlongเขาkǎoเร็วเกินไปreo-gəən-bpaiจนjonรถคว่ำrót-kwâmและlɛ́หกคะเมนhòk-ká-meenตีลังกาdtii-lang-gaa
He rode his bicycle down the hill too fast, causing the bike to flip and him to tumble headlong.
เมื่อmʉ̂ʉaรถมอเตอร์ไซค์rót-mɔɔ-dtəə-sáiเบรกbrèekกะทันหันgà-tan-hǎnคนkonซ้อนsɔ́ɔnท้ายtáaiก็gɔ̂กระเด็นgrà-denไปข้างหน้าbpai-kâang-nâaจนjonหกคะเมนhòk-ká-meenตกลงมาdtòk-long-maa
When the motorcycle braked suddenly, the pillion passenger was thrown forward and tumbled headfirst to the ground.
นักยิมนาสติกnák-yim-nâat-dtìkกะจังหวะgà-jang-wàพลาดplâatระหว่างrá-wàangการแสดงgaan-sà-dɛɛngจึงjʉngตกลงมาdtòk-long-maaหกคะเมนhòk-ká-meenแต่dtɛ̀ɛโชคดีที่chôok-dii-tîiไม่mâiได้รับบาดเจ็บdâi-ráp-bàat-jèpสาหัสsǎa-hàt
The gymnast mistimed the jump during the performance and tumbled headfirst, but fortunately was not seriously injured.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
คะkáคะká1polite particle (female; question softener)2polite address or response particle (female speech)polite particle (female; question softener)Part 1
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เมนmeenเมนmeen1main; primary2menstruation; on one’s period (colloq.)3Maine (U.S. state)main; primaryPart 2
คะเมนká-meenคะเมนká-meen[to] tumble head over heels; [to] fall headlong[to] tumble head over heels; [to] fall headlongWord