ตำลึง(dtam-leung)
Meanings
1NounA2
ivy gourd
A climbing plant (Coccinia grandis) whose young shoots and leaves are eaten as a vegetable in Thai cuisine.
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseเก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to collect; pick up; gather2to tidy up; put in order3to charge; take (a fee/payment)4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to keep; store; put away7to put away/holster (weapon); to conceal8[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)ยอดตำลึงyôt dtam-leungยอดตำลึงyôt dtam-leungivy gourd shootมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerลวกlûuakลวกlûuak1[to] blanch/scald (food); parboil2[to] scald (with hot liquid/steam)3sloppy; hasty; careless (work/attempt)กินกับgin gàpกินกับgin gàp[to] eat with [sth]น้ำพริกnáam príkน้ำพริกnáam príkchili paste; chili dip
Mom picked young ivy gourd shoots to blanch and eat with chili paste.
2NounC1
tamlueng (Thai weight unit)
A Thai weight unit equal to 4 baht (about 60 grams) in the modern system; historical values varied by period and region.
Examples
ทองคำtong kamทองคำtong kam1gold (asset; investment)2figurative: something precious/valuable3gold (chemical element; precious metal)หนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)ตำลึงdtam-leungตำลึงdtam-leung1ivy gourd2tamlueng (Thai weight unit)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ระบบrá-bòpระบบrá-bòp1system; organized method2arrangement; orderปัจจุบันbpàt-jù-banปัจจุบันbpàt-jù-ban1present; current; contemporary2nowadays; at present3the present; the current timeเท่ากับtâo gàpเท่ากับtâo gàp1[to] equal; be equal to (=)2[to] amount to; be tantamount toสี่บาทsèe bàatสี่บาทsèe bàatfour baht (money)ประมาณbprà-maanประมาณbprà-maan1[to] estimate; approximate2approximately; about3estimate (noun)4moderate; modest (archaic/literary)หกhòkหกhòk1six (6)2six (classifier-related form)3[to] spillสิบกรัมsìp gramสิบกรัมsìp gramten grams (10 g)
One tamlueng of gold in the modern system equals four baht, about sixty grams.