งุงงิง
ngung-ngingMeaning
1AdverbB2
mumbling; murmuring
making a soft, indistinct, or murmuring sound; speaking quietly and unclearly
Examples
เขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; she; him; her2they; them (context-dependent)3horn4mountain; hillพูดpûutพูดpûut[to] speak; talk; sayงุงงิงngung-ngingงุงงิงngung-ngingmumbling; murmuringอะไรà-raiอะไรà-rai1what2what; what kind of (modifier)3something; anything (unspecified)4what? (interjection of surprise/confusion)ก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerไม่รู้mâi-rúuไม่รู้mâi-rúu1[to] not know; be unaware (of); be uncertain2I don't know.ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)3like; as (in the manner of)ฟังไม่รู้เรื่องfang-mâi-rúu-rʉ̂ʉangฟังไม่รู้เรื่องfang-mâi-rúu-rʉ̂ʉang[to] not understand what is saidเลยləəiเลยləəi1at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)2so; thus; then (immediate result)3completely; absolutely (emphasis)4[to] pass; go beyond; exceed
I don't know what he's murmuring about; I can't understand him at all.
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อย่าyàaมัวแต่muua-dtɛ̀ɛบ่นbònงุงงิงngung-ngingอยู่yùuคนเดียวkon-diiaoมีอะไรmii-à-raiก็gɔ̂พูดpûutออกมาɔ̀ɔk-maaเถอะtə̀
Don't just mutter complaints to yourself. If you have something to say, just say it out loud.
ลูกสาวlûuk-sǎaoตัวน้อยdtuua-nɔ́ɔiเดินเข้ามาdəən-kâo-maaเกาะgɔ̀ขาkǎaแม่mɛ̂ɛแล้วlɛ́ɛoพูดpûutงุงงิงngung-ngingเหมือนmʉ̌ʉanอยากจะyàak-jàได้dâaiของเล่นkɔ̌ɔng-lên
The little daughter walked over, clung to her mother's leg, and murmured softly as if she wanted a toy.
แฟนfɛɛnฉันchǎnชอบchɔ̂ɔpโทรมาtoo-maaคุยkuiงุงงิงngung-ngingก่อนนอนgɔ̀ɔn-nɔɔnทุกคืนtúk-kʉʉnจนjonฉันchǎnแทบจะtɛ̂ɛp-jàหลับlàpคาkaaโทรศัพท์too-rá-sàp
My girlfriend likes to call and murmur softly before bed every night until I almost fall asleep on the phone.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ง, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
ngung
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |