ตัวกาลกิณี(dtuua gaan-lá-gì-nee)
Meanings
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jinx; bringer of bad luck
a person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck, misfortune, or disaster; a jinx
Examples
คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)หมู่บ้านmòo bâanหมู่บ้านmòo bâan1village; hamlet2housing estate; gated communityคิดว่าkít wâaคิดว่าkít wâa1to think (that); be of the opinion (that)2to suppose/assume/guess (that)3[to] consider/regard (as)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsตัวกาลกิณีdtuua gaan-lá-gì-neeตัวกาลกิณีdtuua gaan-lá-gì-neejinx; bringer of bad luckเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingเกิดเรื่องgèrt rêuuangเกิดเรื่องgèrt rêuuang[for] trouble to happen; [for] an incident to occurร้ายๆráai ráaiร้ายๆráai ráai1bad (reduplicated; emphatic/plural)2at worst (ร้ายๆ ก็ ...)ขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appearตลอดdtà-lòtตลอดdtà-lòt1throughout; continuously; all the time2throughout; along (extent/duration)3always; all the timeตั้งแต่dtâng dtàeตั้งแต่dtâng dtàe1from; since (starting point)2from X to Yเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillย้ายyáaiย้ายyáai1[to] move; relocate2[to] transfer (jobs; schools; departments)3[to] move houseมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect marker
The villagers think he is a jinx because bad things keep happening ever since he moved in.
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ตัวกาลกิณีdtuua gaan-lá-gì-neeตัวกาลกิณีdtuua gaan-lá-gì-neejinx; bringer of bad luck