ด้วง(dûuang)
Meanings
1NounA2
beetle
A beetle, especially larger or hard‑shelled kinds such as scarab, rhinoceros, or stag beetles; also used in compound names (e.g., ด้วงกว่างด้วงกว่างdûuang gwàangrhinoceros beetle, ด้วงมะพร้าว).
Examples
เด็กๆdèk dèkเด็กๆdèk dèk1children; kids2childish; immature3easy; trivial (colloquial)เจอjerเจอjer1[to] meet; run into2[to] face; experience3[to] find; come acrossด้วงdûuangด้วงdûuang1beetle2grub; beetle larvaตัวใหญ่dtuua yàiตัวใหญ่dtuua yài1big; large-bodied2large letters; uppercase (colloq.)เกาะgòrเกาะgòr1island2[to] cling; [to] hold on3[to] stick; [to] adhere4[to] dock; [to] come alongside (by boat)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainบนbonบนbon1on; upon2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)ต้นไม้dtôn máaiต้นไม้dtôn máai1tree2plants/greenery (general, esp. woody plants)
The kids found a big beetle clinging to a tree.
2NounB1
grub; beetle larva
The larval stage of certain beetles, typically thick, white, and C‑shaped; sometimes eaten as food.
Examples
ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ขุดเจอkùt jerขุดเจอkùt jer1[to] find by digging; [to] unearth2[to] uncover; [to] dig up [information]ด้วงdûuangด้วงdûuang1beetle2grub; beetle larvaสีขาวsĕe kăaoสีขาวsĕe kăao1the color white2white (in color)3figurative: pure/innocent/harmlessในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)กอไผ่go pàiกอไผ่go pàibamboo clumpแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)เอามาao maaเอามาao maa1[to] bring (here); fetch (to the speaker)2[to] hand it over; give it here (imperative)ทอดtôtทอดtôt1[to] fry (in oil)2[to] stretch out; extend; lay out3[to] cast; throw (a net/line)4[to] bestow; dedicate (merit/charity)5[to] bestow; confer (royal/religious honorific)กินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocket
Villagers dug up white grubs in a clump of bamboo and fried them to eat.