ค่ำลง(kâm long)

Meanings

1VerbA2

[to] grow toward night; get dark

to become evening or night; the light fades and it gets dark

Examples

ฟ้าfáaฟ้าfáa1sky2heaven; divine realm3light blue; sky blueเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toค่ำลงkâm longค่ำลงkâm long1[to] grow toward night; get dark2at nightfall; toward eveningเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)กลับบ้านglàp bâanกลับบ้านglàp bâan[to] go (back) home; return homeกันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)7[to] set aside; reserve; earmarkเถอะtòeเถอะtòe1suggestion/encouragement particle2prompting/permission particle3resignation/emphasis particle
The sky is getting dark; let's go home.
2AdverbB1

at nightfall; toward evening

happening at or around nightfall; toward evening (adverbial use in context)

Examples

ค่ำลงkâm longค่ำลงkâm long1[to] grow toward night; get dark2at nightfall; toward eveningพวกเราpûuak raoพวกเราpûuak rao1we; us2our group; our sideเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toก่อกองไฟgò gong faiก่อกองไฟgò gong fai[to] make a campfireหน้าบ้านnâa bâanหน้าบ้านnâa bâan1front of the house; frontage2public-facing front; facade (figurative)
Toward evening, we start building a bonfire in front of the house.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ค่ำkâmค่ำkâm1evening; dusk2in the evening; at nightfall3to become evening; grow latePart 1
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ลงlongลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] put; apply; record3[to] decrease; go down4[to] land; alight5down; downstream6downstream; southbound7[to] get off (vehicle)Part 2
ค่ำลงkâm longค่ำลงkâm long[to] grow toward night; get dark