คุ(kú)
Meanings
1VerbB2
[to] scold
to scold or rebuke someone in harsh words; a colloquial verb used directly as คุคุkú1[to] smolder2[to] scold (for example, แม่คุลูก)
2VerbC1
[to] smolder
to smolder; to burn slowly without a flame (often used to describe embers or hidden feelings)
Examples
ถึงแม้tĕung máeถึงแม้tĕung máe1even though; although2even ifเปลวไฟbpleo faiเปลวไฟbpleo fai1flame2blaze of emotion (fig.)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ดับdàpดับdàp1[to] go out; be extinguished2dead; lifeless (figurative/colloquial)3[to] extinguish; turn offไปแล้วbpai láewไปแล้วbpai láew1[to] have gone; have left; be gone (completed action)2[to] be off now; I'm leaving (announcement)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoถ่านtàanถ่านtàan1charcoal2battery; battery cell3carbon (electrode)ร้อนๆrón rónร้อนๆrón rón1very hot; piping hot2freshly; while still hotคุkúคุkú1[to] smolder2[to] scoldอยู่ใต้yòo dtâiอยู่ใต้yòo dtâi1[to] be under [sth]; [to] be beneath [sth]2[to] be under the control of [sb/sth]3[to] be south of [somewhere]กองgongกองgong1to pile (up); heap; stack2pile; heap; stack3division; department; regiment4classifier: piles; heaps; groups; military units; filmsขี้เถ้าkêe tâoขี้เถ้าkêe tâoash; ashes
Although the flames have gone out, there are still hot embers smoldering under the ashes.