จับตัว

jàp dtuua

Meanings

1NounA2

[to] touch; lay hands on; hold [sb]

to touch, grab, or hold a person's body; to lay hands on someone

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerจับตัวjàp dtuuaจับตัวjàp dtuua1[to] seize; capture; arrest/detain; abduct/take hostage [sb]2[to] touch; lay hands on; hold [sb]3[to] set; solidify; congeal; clump (of a substance)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)นะนะ1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particle3[!] attention-getter (initial position)
Don't touch me!
2NounB1

[to] seize; capture; arrest/detain; abduct/take hostage [sb]

to take someone into custody, capture them, or physically seize and hold them; to detain, abduct, or take someone hostage

Examples

เมื่อวานนี้mêuua waan néeเมื่อวานนี้mêuua waan née1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; on the previous dayตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerจับตัวjàp dtuuaจับตัวjàp dtuua1[to] seize; capture; arrest/detain; abduct/take hostage [sb]2[to] touch; lay hands on; hold [sb]3[to] set; solidify; congeal; clump (of a substance)คนร้ายkon ráaiคนร้ายkon ráai1criminal; culprit; perpetrator; assailant2villain (in fiction)ได้แล้วdâai láewได้แล้วdâai láewgot it; done; now possible
Yesterday, the police captured the criminal.
3NounB2

[to] set; solidify; congeal; clump (of a substance)

for a liquid or mixture to become firm or form clumps; to gel or clump together (e.g., จับตัวเป็นก้อนจับตัวเป็นก้อนjàp dtuua bpen gôn[to] clump together; [to] coagulate/เป็นเจล/เป็นหยด)

Examples

เวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveน้ำกะทิnám gà-tíน้ำกะทิnám gà-tícoconut milkต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleตลอดเวลาdtà-lòt way-laaตลอดเวลาdtà-lòt way-laaall the time; constantlyไม่อย่างนั้นmâi yàang nánไม่อย่างนั้นmâi yàang nánotherwise; if not; or elseมันmanมันman1it (thing/animal)2he/she (colloquial, impolite)3greasy; oily; fatty4starchy tuber (yam, taro, etc.)5oil/fat (substance)6creamy; rich (texture/taste)จะจะ1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)จับตัวเป็นก้อนjàp dtuua bpen gônจับตัวเป็นก้อนjàp dtuua bpen gôn[to] clump together; [to] coagulate
When making coconut milk, you have to stir constantly, otherwise it will clump together.