ตะปู
dtà-bpuu
Meanings
1NounA2
nail (metal fastener)
a small metal spike with a pointed end and a flat head, driven into material to fasten or hang things
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]ตะปูdtà-bpuuตะปูdtà-bpuu1nail (metal fastener)2nail (fingernail/toenail) [nonstandard/regional]ตอกdtòkตอกdtòk1[to] hammer; [to] drive in2[to] stamp; [to] punch (a ticket/document)3[to] retort; [to] snap back4rattan/bamboo stripรูปrôopรูปrôop1picture; photo; image2shape; form; figure3physique; body shape4Buddha image; statue5grammatical formติดผนังdtìt pà-nǎngติดผนังdtìt pà-nǎng1[to] attach [sth] to a wall; [to] mount [sth] on a wall2wall-mounted
I use a nail to hammer a picture onto the wall.
2NounC1
nail (fingernail/toenail) [nonstandard/regional]
colloquial/regional use for a fingernail or toenail (standard: เล็บเล็บlépnail (human); claw (animal))
Examples
เมื่อวานmêuua waanเมื่อวานmêuua waan1yesterday (the day before today)2yesterday; yesterday (as an adverb)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เตะdtèเตะdtè1[to] kick2[to] fire; sack (informal)ประตูbprà-dtuuประตูbprà-dtuu1door; gate; portal2goal (structure or score)3classifier: doors; gates; goalsแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ตะปูdtà-bpuuตะปูdtà-bpuu1nail (metal fastener)2nail (fingernail/toenail) [nonstandard/regional]ฉีกchèekฉีกchèek1[to] tear open2[to] break with; go against (figurative)3[to] tear; ripเจ็บjèpเจ็บjèp1sore; painful2[to] hurt; be in pain3hurt (emotionally)4injuredไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ทั้งวันtáng wanทั้งวันtáng wanall day; the whole day
Yesterday I kicked the door and my nail tore; it hurt all day.
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ตะปูdtà-bpuuตะปูdtà-bpuunail (metal fastener)