ตำบล(dtam-bon)
Meanings
1NounB1
subdistrict (administrative unit)
An administrative subdivision in Thailand below a district (amphoe/khet) and above a village (muban); often abbreviated as “ต.”.
Examples
บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)อยู่ในyòo naiอยู่ในyòo nai[to] be in [somewhere]ตำบลหนองขามdtam-bon nŏng kăamตำบลหนองขามdtam-bon nŏng kăamNong Kham Subdistrict (Thailand)อำเภอเมืองàm-per meuuangอำเภอเมืองàm-per meuuangcapital district (Mueang District)
My house is in Nong Kham subdistrict, Mueang district.
2NounC1
locality; place (dated/formal)
A locality or place; an older or formal sense outside the administrative use. Less common in modern general speech.
Examples
ในสมัยก่อนnai sà-măi gònในสมัยก่อนnai sà-măi gònin the past; formerlyคนเฒ่าคนแก่kon tâo kon gàeคนเฒ่าคนแก่kon tâo kon gàethe elderly; eldersจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เล่าขานlâo kăanเล่าขานlâo kăan[to] recount; pass down (stories)ถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reachตำบลdtam-bonตำบลdtam-bon1subdistrict (administrative unit)2locality; place (dated/formal)เก่าแก่gào gàeเก่าแก่gào gàe1ancient; very old2long-established; time-honoredริมแม่น้ำrim mâe-náamริมแม่น้ำrim mâe-náam1riverside; riverbank2by/along the river (locative use)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotใครkraiใครkrai1who2anyone; whoeverผ่านpàanผ่านpàan1[to] pass (by/through)2[to] pass (succeed/clear)3past; via; through4[to] experience; go throughก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightแวะพักwá pákแวะพักwá pák[to] stop for a rest; [to] make a stopover
In the old days, elders would tell tales of an ancient locality by the river where travelers always stopped to rest.