ตรู่(dròo)

Meanings

1NounB2

early morning; dawn (poetic/formal)

A formal or literary word for the early morning or dawn; often in set phrases such as รุ่งตรู่รุ่งตรู่rûng dtròo1dawn; daybreak2at dawn.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillตื่นdtèuunตื่นdtèuun1[to] be startled; alarmed; overexcited (about)2be awake; stay awake3[to] wake up; awakenแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)รุ่งตรู่rûng dtròoรุ่งตรู่rûng dtròo1dawn; daybreak2at dawnเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofออกเดินทางòk dern taangออกเดินทางòk dern taang1[to] set out; depart; leave on a trip2(of transport) [to] departไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ต่างจังหวัดdtàang jang-wàtต่างจังหวัดdtàang jang-wàt1provincial; out-of-town2upcountry; outside the capital
He woke at dawn to set off upcountry.
2AdverbB2

at daybreak; early in the morning (poetic)

Used adverbially in literary style to mean at daybreak or early in the morning.

Examples

พ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: father of; master ofออกเรือòk reuuaออกเรือòk reuua[to] set sail; put to sea; depart by boatแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ตรู่dròoตรู่dròo1early morning; dawn (poetic/formal)2at daybreak; early in the morning (poetic)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)วางwaangวางwaang1[to] put; place; set (down)2[to] hang up (the phone); end a call3[to] lay (eggs)4[to] set; assign; impose5[to] put down; let go (emotion/attachment)6[to] lay out; formulate; establish (plan/policy/system)อวนuuanอวนuuanseine; large fishing netก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; formerคลื่นลมklêun lomคลื่นลมklêun lom1wind and waves; sea state2turmoil; turbulence (figurative)แรงraengแรงraeng1strong; intense; severe2force; strength; power3hard; strongly (adverbial use)
Father set out in the boat at daybreak to cast nets before the winds picked up.

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