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.

Examples

พอถึงpor tĕungพอถึงpor tĕungwhen [sb/sth] arrives; as soon asหน้าร้อนnâa rónหน้าร้อนnâa rónhot season; summerทีไรtee raiทีไรtee raiwhenever; every time (that)ต้นdtônต้นdtôn1tree; plant (tall/woody)2origin; source; root cause3initial; primary (as prefix)4beginning; early5stem; trunk; stalk; base6classifier: trees; plants; polesคูนkoonคูนkoongolden shower tree; Indian laburnum (Cassia fistula)หน้าบ้านnâa bâanหน้าบ้านnâa bâan1front of the house; frontage2public-facing front; facade (figurative)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerจะจะ1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ออกดอกòk dòkออกดอกòk dòk[to] bloom; [to] flowerสีเหลืองsĕe lĕuuangสีเหลืองsĕe lĕuuang1yellow (color)2yellow (the color)3‘Yellow’ (Thai politics)4yellow (journalism); sensationalistเต็มdtemเต็มdtem1full; filled2complete; entire; full (amount)3[to] be full4fully; completely; to the fullต้นdtônต้นdtôn1tree; plant (tall/woody)2origin; source; root cause3initial; primary (as prefix)4beginning; early5stem; trunk; stalk; base6classifier: trees; plants; polesเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
Whenever summer arrives, the golden shower tree in front of the house is full of yellow flowers.