ค้ำฟ้า(kám fáa)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB2

towering; sky-high

Extremely tall, as if propping up the sky; towering.

Examples

มองmongมองmong1[to] watch; observe2[to] view; regard; consider3[to] look atไปทางไหนbpai taang năiไปทางไหนbpai taang năiwhich way?ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ตึกสูงdtèuk sŏongตึกสูงdtèuk sŏonghigh‑rise; tall buildingค้ำฟ้าkám fáaค้ำฟ้าkám fáa1towering; sky-high2[to] tower; [to] prop up the skyเต็มไปหมดdtem bpai mòtเต็มไปหมดdtem bpai mòt1completely full; crammed2everywhere; all over (the place)
Whichever way you look, you only see towering skyscrapers everywhere.
2VerbC1

[to] tower; [to] prop up the sky

To be so tall as to seem to support the sky; to tower over.

Examples

ตึกระฟ้าdtèuk rá-fáaตึกระฟ้าdtèuk rá-fáaa very tall building; skyscraperหลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)นั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)สูงใหญ่sŏong yàiสูงใหญ่sŏong yài1tall and big (person's build)2tall and large; imposing (things)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofดูเหมือนdoo mĕuuanดูเหมือนdoo mĕuuan1[to] seem; appear; look2apparently; seeminglyจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ค้ำฟ้าkám fáaค้ำฟ้าkám fáa1towering; sky-high2[to] tower; [to] prop up the skyอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainกลางใจเมืองglaang jai meuuangกลางใจเมืองglaang jai meuuang1city center; downtown; heart of the city2right in the city center (locative use)
That skyscraper is so tall and massive it seems to tower over the heart of the city.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ค้ำkámค้ำkám1prop; brace; support2[to] prop; brace; support (from below)3[to] guarantee; act as surety; underwritePart 1
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ฟ้าfáaฟ้าfáa1sky2heaven; divine realm3light blue; sky bluePart 2
ค้ำฟ้าkám fáaค้ำฟ้าkám fáatowering; sky-high