คา
kaaMeanings
1VerbB1
[to] remain stuck; [to] be lodged
to stay caught, lodged, or wedged so it does not move or come off
Examples
กุญแจgun-jɛɛกุญแจgun-jɛɛ1key (for a lock)2key; crucial factor3answer key; key (solutions)4clef (music)คาkaaคาkaa1[to] remain stuck; [to] be lodged2left stuck; left pendingตรงdtrongตรงdtrong1straight (not bent)2directly; straight (direction/path)3direct; straightforward; frank4[to] be straight; align5exact; matching; correspondingรูruuรูruu1hole; opening2burrow; animal hole3orifice; bodily openingจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofดึงdʉngดึงdʉng1[to] pull; draw (toward oneself)2[to] attract; draw (attention/interest)3[to] drag (on a screen)4[to] hold back; delay; stallไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ออกɔ̀ɔkออกɔ̀ɔk1[to] go out; exit; leave2out; outward3[in sports] out of bounds4[to] come out; appear; be issued5[to] produce; emit; put out6[to] pay; spend; disburse7[to] quit; resign8[to] issue; publish9successfully; out (indicating comprehension or discovery)
The key is stuck in the keyhole and won’t come out.
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A thorn is lodged in my sock, and it hurts every step I take.
The zipper is caught on the teeth, making it impossible to move up or down.
เมื่อmêuuaเล็บlépคาkaaอยู่ในyòo naiประตูรถbprà-dtuu rótมันmanดึงdeungไม่mâiออกòkจนjonต้องdtôngค่อยๆkôi kôiขยับkà-yàpเปิดใหม่bpèrt mài
When my nail got wedged in the car door, it wouldn’t come out until I carefully adjusted and reopened it.
2AdjectiveB1
left stuck; left pending
remaining stuck, unfinished, or unresolved; left in place (e.g., ค้างคาใจค้างคาใจkáang-kaa-jai1[to] weigh on [sb]’s mind2unresolved in mind; weighing on one’s mind, คาปากคาปากkaa-bpàak1stuck in the mouth; at the mouth2stuck in the mouth; still in the mouth)
Examples
เรื่องrʉ̂ʉangเรื่องrʉ̂ʉang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3classifier for stories/films/cases4about; regarding (as a topic marker)นี้níiนี้níi1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ยังyangยังyang1still; continuing2not yet (with ไม่)3yet? (question use)4still/even (emphatic degree)คาใจkaa-jaiคาใจkaa-jai1bothered; uneasy; nagging on one’s mind2[to] have something on one’s mind; be bothered by [sth]ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)อยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainเพราะprɔ́เพราะprɔ́1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingยังไม่ได้yang-mâi-dâaiยังไม่ได้yang-mâi-dâai1not yet; haven’t yet2not yet possible; not yet permittedคำตอบkam-dtɔ̀ɔpคำตอบkam-dtɔ̀ɔp1answer; reply2solution; correct answer
This matter is still weighing on my mind because I haven't gotten an answer.
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เขาkǎoค้างคาkáang-kaaเรื่องrʉ̂ʉangเงินเดือนngən-dʉʉanที่tîiยังไม่ได้yang-mâi-dâaiจ่ายjàaiทำให้tam-hâiกังวลgang-wonทั้งสัปดาห์táng-sàp-daa
He feels unsettled about the unpaid salary, which has made him worried all week.
คำถามkam-tǎamที่tîiครูkruuถามtǎamเมื่อเช้าmʉ̂ʉa-cháoยังyangคาkaaอยู่ในyùu-naiหัวhǔuaฉันchǎnตอบdtɔ̀ɔpไม่ได้mâi-dâaiสักทีsàk-tii
The question the teacher asked this morning is still stuck in my head; I still can't answer it.
เราraoคุยกันkui-ganไม่mâiจบjòpประเด็นสำคัญbprà-den-sǎm-kanเลยləəiค้างคาkáang-kaaอยู่yùuแบบนั้นbɛ̀ɛp-nánทำให้tam-hâiบรรยากาศban-yaa-gàatระหว่างrá-wàangเราraoตึงเครียดdtʉng-krîiat
We didn't finish the discussion, so the key issue was left unresolved, which made things tense between us.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
kaa
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 | — | — |