คำโดด(kam dòht)
Meanings
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isolating word; uninflected word
A word used independently without changing its form to express grammatical relationships, as is characteristic of Thai and other isolating languages.
Examples
ในnaiในnai1of; belonging to (formal)2in; inside; within3during; in (time)ภาษาไทยpaa-săa taiภาษาไทยpaa-săa tai1Thai language2Thai (school subject)3Thai-language; in Thaiมีmeeมีmee1[to] experience; undergo2[to] have; possess3there is/are; existคำโดดkam dòhtคำโดดkam dòhtisolating word; uninflected wordเยอะมากyér mâakเยอะมากyér mâak1very many; numerous (colloquial)2very much; a lot (colloq.)เช่นchênเช่นchên1like; as2for example; such asพ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2prefix: male person; leader; father figure3sir; mister (rural/archaic)แม่mâeแม่mâe1form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)2mother; mom3prefix: female; main; baseกินginกินgin1[to] corrode; erode; eat into2[to] consume; use up3[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)4[to] take (a bribe); pocket5[to] eatนอนnonนอนnon1[to] sleep2reclining; lying down3[to] lie down; reclineไปbpaiไปbpai1(aspect) completed; already past2[to] go3away; off (directional complement/particle)4on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect marker
There are many monosyllabic words in Thai, for example: father, mother, eat, sleep, go, come.
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ในnaiการวิเคราะห์gaan wí-krórโครงสร้างkrohng sâangภาษาpaa-săaเราraoต้องdtôngแยกyâekคำโดดkam dòhtออกจากòk jàakคำkamซ้อนsónและláeคำประสมkam bprà-sŏm
In linguistic structural analysis, we must separate monosyllabic words from reduplicated words and compound words.
ลักษณะเด่นlák-sà-nà dènของkŏngภาษาpaa-săaตระกูลdtrà-gunไทtaiกะไดgà-daiคือkeuการใช้คำgaan chái kamโดดdòhtเป็นหลักbpen làkซึ่งsêungแต่ละdtàe láคำkamมีความหมายmee kwaam-măaiสมบูรณ์sŏm-boonในตัวเองnai dtuua ayng
A key characteristic of the Tai-Kadai language family is the primary use of monosyllabic words, each with a complete meaning in itself.
แม้máeคำโดดkam dòhtจะเป็นjà bpenหน่วยคำnùuay kamที่têeเล็กlékที่สุดtêe sùtแต่dtàeก็gâwเป็นbpenรากฐานrâak tăanสำคัญsăm-kanในnaiการสร้างgaan sâangคำkamใหม่ๆmài màiที่têeซับซ้อนsáp sónขึ้นkêunในnaiภาษาpaa-săa
Although a monosyllabic word is the smallest morpheme, it serves as a crucial foundation for creating new, more complex words in the language.
Word Breakdown
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คำโดดkam dòhtคำโดดkam dòhtisolating word; uninflected word