คา(kaa)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] remain stuck; [to] be lodged

to stay caught, lodged, or wedged so it does not move or come off

Examples

กุญแจgun-jaeกุญแจgun-jae1key (for a lock)2key; crucial factor3answer key; key (solutions)4key (music)คาkaaคาkaa1[to] remain stuck; [to] be lodged2left stuck; left pending3[to] hold/grip in the mouth (animal)ตรงdtrongตรงdtrong1straight (not bent)2direct; straightforward; frank3[to] be straight; align4directly; straight (direction/path)5exact; matching; correspondingรูruuรูruu1hole; opening2orifice; bodily opening3socket; receptacle (electrical/mechanical)4slot; loophole (figurative)5burrow; animal holeจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofดึงdeungดึงdeung1[to] pull; draw (toward oneself)2[to] attract; draw (attention/interest)3[to] pull back; retract; hold back4[to] drag (on a screen)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ออกòkออกòk1[to] go out; exit; leave2[to] come out; appear; be issued3[to] produce; emit; put out4[to] pay; spend; disburse5[to] issue; publish6out; outward7resulting; turn out8[to] quit; resign9[in sports] out of bounds
The key is stuck in the keyhole and won’t come out.
2AdjectiveB1

left stuck; left pending

remaining stuck, unfinished, or unresolved; left in place (e.g., ค้างคาใจค้างคาใจkáang kaa jai1unresolved in mind; weighing on one’s mind2[to] weigh on [sb]’s mind, คาปากคาปากkaa bpàak1caught with [sth] in one’s mouth; caught red-handed2stuck in the mouth; at the mouth)

Examples

เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)คาใจkaa jaiคาใจkaa jai1[to] have something on one’s mind; be bothered by [sth]2bothered; uneasy; nagging on one’s mindฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingยังไม่ได้yang mâi dâaiยังไม่ได้yang mâi dâai1not yet; haven’t yet2not yet allowed/able toคำตอบkam dtòpคำตอบkam dtòp1answer; reply2solution; correct answer
This matter is still weighing on my mind because I haven't gotten an answer.
3VerbB2

[to] hold/grip in the mouth (animal)

to keep something gripped in the mouth, as an animal does

Examples

ลูกสุนัขlôok sù-nákลูกสุนัขlôok sù-nákpuppyคาบkâapคาบkâap1[to] hold in the mouth2class period; lesson period3interval; period (time, physics)4border; boundary (literary)รองเท้าrong táaoรองเท้าrong táaoshoe; footwearไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveคาปากkaa bpàakคาปากkaa bpàak1caught with [sth] in one’s mouth; caught red-handed2stuck in the mouth; at the mouthแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)วิ่งหนีwîng nĕeวิ่งหนีwîng nĕe1[to] run away from [sb]/[sth]; flee2[to] run away from [sth] (figurative); avoid/evade
The puppy gripped the shoe in its mouth and ran away.