ตาเฒ่า(dtaa tâo)

Meanings

1NounB1

old man; elderly man (sometimes rude)

an elderly man; can sound rustic or slightly disrespectful, though sometimes used affectionately.

Examples

ตาเฒ่าdtaa tâoตาเฒ่าdtaa tâoold man; elderly man (sometimes rude)คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)นั่งnângนั่งnâng1[to] sit; sit down2[to] take; ride [sth] (vehicle)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainตรงโน้นdtrong nóhnตรงโน้นdtrong nóhn1over there; yonder2that place over there3over there (as a modifier)
That old man is sitting over there.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ตาdtaaตาdtaa1eye2grandfather (maternal)3grid square; mesh4eye (classifier for small holes/mesh openings)5[to] stare; [to] gaze6turn (in a game)Part 1
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เฒ่าtâoเฒ่าtâo1old; elderly (literary/archaic)2elder; old person (literary/archaic; prefix use)Part 2
ตาเฒ่าdtaa tâoตาเฒ่าdtaa tâoold man; elderly man (sometimes rude)