ตะคุ่มๆ

dtà-kûm-kûm

Meanings

1AdjectiveB2

shadowy; faintly visible

dim, indistinct, or only vaguely outlined to the eye, especially in low light or from a distance

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asเงาngaoเงาngao1shadow2reflection; image3shade; dimness; darkness4silhouette; outline5trace; hint6follower; doubleตะคุ่มๆdtà-kûm-kûmตะคุ่มๆdtà-kûm-kûm1shadowy; faintly visible2dimly (visually); indistinctlyของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleยืนอยู่yeun yòoยืนอยู่yeun yòo1[to] be standing; stand (continuously)2[to] still stand; remain valid/in effectตรงdtrongตรงdtrong1straight (not bent)2direct; straightforward; frank3[to] be straight; align4directly; straight (direction/path)5exact; matching; correspondingหัวhŭuaหัวhŭua1head (body part)2top; end; tip3leader; chief; head4mind; mentality; way of thinking5beginning; initial part6classifier: head-like items; bulbs; heads of nails/pins7to bud; to sprout8header; title; headlineมุมถนนmum tà-nŏnมุมถนนmum tà-nŏnstreet cornerในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ความมืดkwaam mûetความมืดkwaam mûet1darkness2figurative darkness
I saw the dim silhouette of a person standing at the street corner in the dark.
2AdverbB2

dimly (visually); indistinctly

in a way that is hard to see clearly; only vaguely visible

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเดินdernเดินdern1[to] walk; go on foot2[to] run; operate (machine/system)3[to] proceed; go; move along4[to] start; initiate (process/plan)หายhăaiหายhăai1[to] disappear; be gone2be missing; lost3[to] recover; get better4[to] stop; cease (of a symptom/state)เข้าไปในkâo bpai naiเข้าไปในkâo bpai nai[to] go into [sth]; [to] enter [sth]ป่าbpàaป่าbpàa1forest; woodland2the wild; wilderness3jungle (tropical forest)4wild; uncultivated (of land)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)มองเห็นmong hĕnมองเห็นmong hĕn1[to] see; make out; spot2[to] be visible; be in view3[to] perceive; realize; recognize4[to] foresee; anticipate; envisionเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเพียงpiiangเพียงpiiang1only; merely; just2enough; sufficient (literary/formal)3as; as much as; only if/when4only; merely (preposed to nouns/phrases)ตะคุ่มๆdtà-kûm-kûmตะคุ่มๆdtà-kûm-kûm1shadowy; faintly visible2dimly (visually); indistinctly
He walked into the forest until we could only see him vaguely.

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