คูน(koon)
Meanings
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golden shower tree; Indian laburnum (Cassia fistula)
The golden shower tree (Cassia fistula), a tree with long hanging clusters of bright yellow flowers, known as Thailand’s national flower.
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พอถึงpor tĕungพอถึงpor tĕungwhen [sb/sth] arrives; as soon asหน้าร้อนnâa rónหน้าร้อนnâa rónhot season; summerทีไรtee raiทีไรtee raiwhenever; every time (that)ต้นdtônต้นdtôn1classifier: trees; plants; poles2tree; plant3initial; primary (as prefix)4beginning; early5origin; source; root cause6stem; trunk; stalk; baseคูนkoonคูนkoongolden shower tree; Indian laburnum (Cassia fistula)หน้าบ้านnâa bâanหน้าบ้านnâa bâan1front of the house; frontage2front office; customer-facing sideก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3well; after all (emphasis/justification)4topic/resumption marker5conditional marker (if… then…)จะjàจะjà1will; would (in conditional results)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; shall (future/intention marker)ออกดอกòk dòkออกดอกòk dòk[to] bloom; [to] flowerสีเหลืองsĕe lĕuuangสีเหลืองsĕe lĕuuang1yellow (journalism); sensationalist2yellow (color)3yellow (the color)4‘Yellow’ (Thai politics)เต็มdtemเต็มdtem1[to] be full2complete; entire; full (amount)3fully; completely; to the full4full; filledต้นdtônต้นdtôn1classifier: trees; plants; poles2tree; plant3initial; primary (as prefix)4beginning; early5origin; source; root cause6stem; trunk; stalk; baseเลยloieเลยloie1[to] pass; go beyond; exceed2at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)3so; thus; then (immediate result)4completely; absolutely (emphasis)
Whenever summer arrives, the golden shower tree in front of the house is full of yellow flowers.
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ดอกdòkคูนkoonมักจะmák jàบานสะพรั่งbaan sà-prângในช่วงnai chûuangเทศกาลสงกรานต์tâyt-sà-gaan sŏng-graanพอดีpo deeทำให้tam hâiบรรยากาศban-yaa-gàatดูdooสดใสsòt săiขึ้นkêunมากmâak
The golden shower flowers usually bloom right around the Songkran festival, making the atmosphere much brighter.
หลังจากlăng jàakฝนตกfŏn dtòkลมlomก็gâwพัดpátกลีบดอกglèep dokคูนkoonปลิวว่อนbpliu wônไปทั่วbpai tûuaบริเวณbo-rí-waynดูdooราวกับraao gàpพรมpromสีเหลืองทองsĕe lĕuuang tong
After the rain, the wind blew the golden shower petals all over the area, looking like a golden yellow carpet.
นอกจากnôk jàakความสวยงามkwaam sŭuai ngaamแล้วláeoต้นdtônคูนkoonยังyangมีmeeความสำคัญkwaam săm-kanในฐานะที่เป็นnai tăa-ná têe bpenต้นไม้dtôn máaiประจำชาติbprà-jam châatไทยtaiอีกด้วยèek dûuay
Besides its beauty, the golden shower tree is also significant as it is the national tree of Thailand.