ตั้งถิ่นฐาน(dtâng tìn tăan)

Meanings

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[to] settle; establish a settlement

to take up permanent residence in a place or create a new community there; often used of migrants or groups forming a new locality

Examples

ปู่ย่าbpòo yâaปู่ย่าbpòo yâapaternal grandparents (grandfather ปู่ and grandmother ย่า)ของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineอพยพมาòp-pá-yóp maaอพยพมาòp-pá-yóp maa[to] migrate here; [to] immigrateจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)เมืองจีนmeuuang jeenเมืองจีนmeuuang jeenChina (the country)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerตั้งถิ่นฐานdtâng tìn tăanตั้งถิ่นฐานdtâng tìn tăan[to] settle; establish a settlementที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเยาวราชyao-wá-râatเยาวราชyao-wá-râat1Yaowarat; Bangkok’s Chinatown2Yaowarat Road
My grandparents migrated from China and settled in Yaowarat.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ตั้งdtângตั้งdtâng1[to] set up; establish; found2[to] appoint; nominate3[to] put aside; save (money)4[to] aim; focus (eyes, mind)5classifier: sets; collections; installations6[to] set; fix (value, rule, goal)7[to] place upright; stand; erect8stack; pile; bundle9as much as; as many asPart 1
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ถิ่นฐานtìn tăanถิ่นฐานtìn tăan1settlement; locality2place of residence; area of residence3native place; home region; homelandPart 2
ตั้งถิ่นฐานdtâng tìn tăanตั้งถิ่นฐานdtâng tìn tăan[to] settle; establish a settlement