จก(jòk)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] scoop with fingers; grab with fingers

to take food or something by scooping or grabbing with the fingers or hand, often quickly or casually

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offเอามือao meuuเอามือao meuu[to] put/use one’s handจกjòkจกjòk1[to] scoop with fingers; grab with fingers2[to] filch; pickpocket (slang)3to embroider (จกผ้า)กับข้าวgàp-kâaoกับข้าวgàp-kâao1side dishes; viands2food (colloquial, esp. home meals)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ชามchaamชามchaam1bowl2portion (bowlful)3classifier: bowls/bowlfulsเดียวกันdiao ganเดียวกันdiao ganthe same; identicalใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]ช้อนchónช้อนchón1spoon2[to] scoop; ladle3classifier: spoons (one spoonful)กลางglaangกลางglaang1middle; center2middle; central3in the middle; in the center4amid; in the midst of; mid-นะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)
Don’t use your hand to grab food from the same bowl; use the serving spoon.
2VerbB2

[to] filch; pickpocket (slang)

to steal or snatch something quickly and stealthily with the hand; informal/slang

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillถูกtòokถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker)จับได้jàp dâiจับได้jàp dâi1[to] catch; capture [sb/sth] (successfully)2[to] catch (sb) in the act; discover wrongdoing; find out (a secret)3[to] draw/pick (by lot)ตอนdtonตอนdton1episode; chapter2when; at the time (of)3section; part4time segment; periodกำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1power; strength2power; force (physics)3troops; forces4currently; in the middle ofจกjòkจกjòk1[to] scoop with fingers; grab with fingers2[to] filch; pickpocket (slang)3to embroider (จกผ้า)มือถือmeuu tĕuuมือถือmeuu tĕuu1mobile phone; cellphone; smartphone2handheld; portable (held in the hand)จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)กระเป๋าgrà-bpăoกระเป๋าgrà-bpăo1bag; handbag; purse2types of bags (by context)3pocket4wallet5CLF: bags, purses, walletsคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleบนbonบนbon1on; upon2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)รถเมล์rót mayรถเมล์rót may1bus; city bus2[to] take the bus; ride the bus
He was caught while snatching a phone from someone’s bag on the bus.
3VerbC1

to embroider (จกผ้า)

to embroider using the traditional Northern Thai technique known as ‘จกจกjòk1[to] scoop with fingers; grab with fingers2[to] filch; pickpocket (slang)3to embroider (จกผ้า)’ (e.g., จกผ้า), picking up threads to create patterns

Examples

ยายyaaiยายyaai1grandmother (maternal)2old woman (informal; can be rude)กำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1power; strength2power; force (physics)3troops; forces4currently; in the middle ofสอนsŏnสอนsŏn1[to] instruct; train [sb]2[to] admonish; give moral guidance3[to] teach [sb] [sth]หลานlăanหลานlăan1grandchild2niece or nephewจกjòkจกjòk1[to] scoop with fingers; grab with fingers2[to] filch; pickpocket (slang)3to embroider (จกผ้า)ผ้าpâaผ้าpâa1cloth; fabric; textile2cloth item3classifier: piece/bolt of cloth (Thai classifier)ลายดอกlaai dòkลายดอกlaai dòk1floral pattern/print2floral-patterned; floweredเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveผ้าซิ่นpâa sînผ้าซิ่นpâa sîntraditional tube skirtชุดchútชุดchút1set; collection2outfit; suit; uniform3series; batch; session4classifier for sets/outfits/equipmentแรกrâekแรกrâek1first; earliest; initial2at first; initially3classifier: first time/round/period
Grandmother is teaching her granddaughter to embroider a floral pattern using the jok technique to make her first sinh skirt.

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