ค้ำ(kám)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] prop; brace; support (from below)

to hold something up from underneath so it does not fall; to prop or brace

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasis7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)ไม้máiไม้mái1wood; timber2tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)3prefix in tool/implement names4classifier (long, rigid objects)5stick; rod; club; batไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ค้ำkámค้ำkám1prop; brace; support2[to] prop; brace; support (from below)3[to] guarantee; act as surety; underwriteกิ่งไม้gìng máaiกิ่งไม้gìng máaitree branchไม่ให้mâi hâiไม่ให้mâi hâi1[to] not allow; not let; forbid2[to] not give; withhold; refuse to give3so that not; in order to preventหักhàkหักhàk1[to] break; snap2be broken3[to] deduct; withhold4[to] swerve; turn the wheel sharply5[to] bend; fold back6[to] breach; violate7minus; less (arith.)
He used a stick to prop up the branch so it wouldn’t break.
2NounB2

prop; brace; support

an object used to hold something up or keep it from collapsing

Examples

เสาไม้săo máaiเสาไม้săo máaiwooden post; wooden pole; timber columnที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotปักbpàkปักbpàk1[to] stick; insert; set upright2[to] embroider3N. (abbrev.) for northern regionอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainข้างkâangข้างkâang1beside; next to; by2side; lateral (modifier)3side; flank4side; party (in a dispute or game)เพิงperngเพิงperng1shed; lean-to; shack2awning; overhang; canopy3veranda-like shelterเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsค้ำkámค้ำkám1prop; brace; support2[to] prop; brace; support (from below)3[to] guarantee; act as surety; underwriteให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitหลังคาlăng kaaหลังคาlăng kaaroofไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ยุบลงyúp longยุบลงyúp long[to] collapse; [to] sink down; [to] subsideมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect marker
The wooden post planted beside the shed is a support that keeps the roof from sagging.
3VerbB2

[to] guarantee; act as surety; underwrite

to serve as a guarantor for someone or something, taking responsibility if obligations are not met; to underwrite

Examples

พ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: father of; master ofของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ยอมyomยอมyom1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)ค้ำkámค้ำkám1prop; brace; support2[to] prop; brace; support (from below)3[to] guarantee; act as surety; underwriteให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitกู้gûuกู้gûu1[to] borrow; take a loan; bail out2[to] salvage; recover3[to] restore; regain; rehabilitate4[to] rescue; saveเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingกลัวว่าgluua wâaกลัวว่าgluua wâa[to] be afraid that [sth will happen]ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ผ่อนpònผ่อนpòn1[to] pay in installments2[to] ease; relax; lessen; slacken3[to] defer; extend time; postponeไม่ไหวmâi wăiไม่ไหวmâi wăi[to] be unable (to [do sth]); cannot
My father refuses to act as a guarantor for the loan because he's afraid I won't be able to make the payments.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

ค้ำยันkám yanค้ำยันkám yan1[to] prop; brace; support2prop; brace; strut
  • [to] prop; brace; support
  • prop; brace; strut
ยันyanยันyan1[to] insist; assert; affirm2[to] prop; brace; support3[to] ward off; fend off4until (colloquial)
  • [to] insist; assert; affirm
  • [to] prop; brace; support
  • [to] ward off; fend off
  • until (colloquial)
สนับsà-nàpสนับsà-nàp1[to] press; prop; brace; support2pad; guard; brace (protective gear)3[to] prop up; brace4[to] support; back
  • [to] press; prop; brace; support
  • pad; guard; brace (protective gear)
  • [to] prop up; brace
  • [to] support; back
ดามdaamดามdaam1[to] brace; prop up2[to] splint; immobilize
  • [to] brace; prop up
  • [to] splint; immobilize
ท้าวtáaoท้าวtáao1[to] brace; prop; rest (a limb) on2[to] stand akimbo; place hands on hips3royal/honorific title (archaic)
  • [to] brace; prop; rest (a limb) on
  • [to] stand akimbo; place hands on hips
  • royal/honorific title (archaic)