ตราบ(dtràap)
Meanings
1ConjunctionB2
as long as (condition)
Used to set a condition, meaning ‘as long as,’ ‘provided that,’ or ‘so long as,’ often in formal style (e.g., ตราบใดตราบใดdtràap daias long as; so long as).
Examples
พวกเราpûuak raoพวกเราpûuak rao1we; us2our group; our sideจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ไปปิกนิกbpai bpík-níkไปปิกนิกbpai bpík-ník[to] go on a picnicตราบใดที่dtràap dai têeตราบใดที่dtràap dai têe1as long as (temporal)2provided that (conditional)ฝนfŏnฝนfŏn1rain2[to] file; grind; honeไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ตกdtòkตกdtòk1[to] fall; drop2(rain/snow) fall3[to] fail (an exam/test)4[to] end up at; be assigned to; be allotted5[to] be left out; miss one’s turn6[to] cost; come to7[to] be startled; be alarmed8[to] drop; decline; decrease
We will go for a picnic as long as it doesn't rain.
2ConjunctionB2
until; up to (time/extent)
Marks a limit in time or extent, meaning ‘until’ or ‘up to,’ often in formal usage or fixed phrases (e.g., ตราบจนตราบจนdtràap jonuntil; so long as; as long as, ตราบเท่าตราบเท่าdtràap tâoas long as; so long as).
Examples
เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainเฝ้าfâoเฝ้าfâo1[to] watch over; guard; keep; monitor2[to] attend; sit by; keep vigil3[to] await; watch for4keep (doing); continuallyพ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: father of; master ofที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotโรงพยาบาลrohng-pá-yaa-baanโรงพยาบาลrohng-pá-yaa-baanhospitalตราบจนdtràap jonตราบจนdtràap jonuntil; so long as; as long asแพทย์pâetแพทย์pâet1medical (attrib.; in compounds)2doctor; physicianอนุญาตให้à-nú-yâat hâiอนุญาตให้à-nú-yâat hâi[to] allow [sb] [to do sth]; [to] permitกลับบ้านglàp bâanกลับบ้านglàp bâan[to] go (back) home; return home
We will stay with Dad at the hospital until the doctor allows him to go home.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ตราบเท่าdtràap tâoตราบเท่าdtràap tâoas long as; so long as
as long as; so long as
ตราบใดdtràap daiตราบใดdtràap daias long as; so long as
as long as; so long as
กระทั่งgrà-tângกระทั่งgrà-tâng1until; up to2even (to the extent that)
- until; up to
- even (to the extent that)
จนกระทั่งjon grà-tângจนกระทั่งjon grà-tânguntil; up to the point that
until; up to the point that
จนถึงjon tĕungจนถึงjon tĕung1as far as; all the way to (place/extent)2until; up to (time/point)
- as far as; all the way to (place/extent)
- until; up to (time/point)