งึม(ngeum)

Meanings

1InterjectionA2

[sound] mumbling; murmuring

a low, unclear sound of someone speaking quietly; a mumbling or murmuring sound

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillตอบdtòpตอบdtòp1[to] answer; reply2[to] respond; react3answer; responseว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeงึมngeumงึมngeum1[sound] mumbling; murmuring2[to] mumble; [to] mutterแล้วก็láeo gâwแล้วก็láeo gâw1and then; after that (sequence)2and also; plus (addition)3and; so; then (continuation/filler)หลับlàpหลับlàp1[to] sleep; [to] fall asleep2asleep (stative)3numb; asleep (limb)ต่อdtòต่อdtò1[to] bargain; haggle2per; each (rate/unit)3[to] continue; go on4subsequently; then (adverbial sequence)5[to] connect; attach; join6next; following; subsequent
He answered 'ngum' (mumbled) and went back to sleep.
2VerbB2

[to] mumble; [to] mutter

to speak quietly and indistinctly; to mumble; to mutter

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเอาแต่ao dtàeเอาแต่ao dtàe1only; nothing but2self-willed; selfish (in compounds)พูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutงึมๆngeum-ngeumงึมๆngeum-ngeummumbling; mutteringอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainคนเดียวkon diiaoคนเดียวkon diiao1alone; by oneself; unaccompanied2only one person; soleหน้าnâaหน้าnâa1front; frontage2next; upcoming3face—prefix (before nouns)4in front; at the front5season (in names)6page7faceคอมพิวเตอร์kom-piu-dtêrคอมพิวเตอร์kom-piu-dtêr1computer2computer [attrib.]
He just kept muttering to himself in front of the computer.