ถวิล(tà-wĭn)
Meanings
1VerbC1
[to] yearn for; [to] long for
to yearn for, long for, or think of someone or something with affection or nostalgia (often used in a poetic or literary context)
Examples
แม้máeแม้máe1even2even; even if; althoughเวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ผ่านไปpàan bpaiผ่านไปpàan bpai1[to] pass by; go past2[to] elapse; go by (time)3[to] be over; pass; move on (figurative)นานnaanนานnaan1for a long time2long (in duration)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerยังคงyang kongยังคงyang kongstill; [to] remain; [to] continue to be/have/doถวิลหาtà-wĭn hăaถวิลหาtà-wĭn hăa[to] yearn for [sb/sth]; [to] long forบ้านเกิดbâan gèrtบ้านเกิดbâan gèrtbirthplace; hometownอยู่เสมอyòo sà-mŏerอยู่เสมอyòo sà-mŏer1always; invariably2regularly; habitually
Even though a long time has passed, he still yearns for his hometown.