งม(ngom)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] dive; grope (underwater)
To search for [sth] by feeling with the hands in water, mud, or darkness; often by diving and feeling around.
Examples
ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ช่วยกันchûuai ganช่วยกันchûuai gan1[to] help each other; cooperate2[to] do jointly; pitch in togetherงมngomงมngom1[to] dive; grope (underwater)2[to] fumble; search blindlyหาhăaหาhăa1[to] look for; search for2[to] find (after searching)3[to] get; procure4[to] earn (money); make a living5[to] visit; go see6[to] call for; ask for; contact (by phone)แหวนwăenแหวนwăen1ring (finger jewelry)2toroidal ring/annulus (technical)3classifier: ringsในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)คลองklongคลองklong1canal2natural stream; creek (dialectal/archaic)3classifier: canals/ditches
The villagers helped each other search for the ring in the canal by feeling around.
2VerbB2
[to] fumble; search blindly
To look for something without clear information or visibility; to grope about aimlessly.
Examples
ถ้าtâaถ้าtâa1if; in case2if only; provided that (conditional emphasis)ไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockแผนที่păen-têeแผนที่păen-têe1map2classifier: ฉบับ / แผ่นเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerคงkongคงkong1probably; likely2still; unchanged3permanent; lasting4firm; steady; stable5stable; constant6stable; unchanged7[to] keep; preserveต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightขับรถkàp rótขับรถkàp rót[to] drive (a motor vehicle)งมngomงมngom1[to] dive; grope (underwater)2[to] fumble; search blindlyหาhăaหาhăa1[to] look for; search for2[to] find (after searching)3[to] get; procure4[to] earn (money); make a living5[to] visit; go see6[to] call for; ask for; contact (by phone)โรงแรมrohng raemโรงแรมrohng raemhotel; lodging establishmentกันganกันgan1each 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; earmarkอีกèekอีกèek1more; additional2again3else; other4yet; still (in comparisons/time)นานnaanนานnaan1for a long time2long (in duration)
Without a map, we would probably have to drive around aimlessly looking for the hotel for a long time.