ถวิลหา(tà-wĭn hăa)
Meanings
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[to] yearn for [sb/sth]; [to] long for
To yearn for someone or something; to long for or pine for, often with a sense of nostalgia.
Examples
เมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainไกลบ้านglai bâanไกลบ้านglai bâan1far from home2away from home (living/working)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillมักจะmák jàมักจะmák jà1often; usually (habit/frequency)2tend to; be apt/prone to (general tendency)ถวิลหาtà-wĭn hăaถวิลหาtà-wĭn hăa[to] yearn for [sb/sth]; [to] long forอาหารaa-hăanอาหารaa-hăan1food; nourishment2dish; meal3diet; what one eatsรสชาติrót-châatรสชาติrót-châat1taste; flavor (of food/drink)2quality; character; feelฝีมือfĕe meuฝีมือfĕe meu1skill; craftsmanship; workmanship2workmanship; handiwork3culprit’s handiwork (fig.)แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseเสมอsà-mĕrเสมอsà-mĕr1always; invariably2constantly; habitually3equal; level; even4[to] draw; [to] tie
When he is far from home, he always yearns for the taste of his mother's cooking.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
โหยหาhŏi hăaโหยหาhŏi hăa[to] long for; yearn for; crave
[to] long for; yearn for; crave
คะนึงหาká-neung hăaคะนึงหาká-neung hăa[to] long for [sb/sth]; [to] yearn for
[to] long for [sb/sth]; [to] yearn for
โหยหิวhŏi hĭuโหยหิวhŏi hĭu1[to] be starving; be famished2[to] crave [sth]; [to] yearn for [sth]
- [to] be starving; be famished
- [to] crave [sth]; [to] yearn for [sth]
คนึงká-neungคนึงká-neung[to] yearn for [sb]/[sth]; [to] think of [sb]/[sth] with longing (poetic)
[to] yearn for [sb]/[sth]; [to] think of [sb]/[sth] with longing (poetic)
โหยhŏiโหยhŏi1whoa; wow (expressing amazement or longing)2plaintive; drawn-out (sound/voice)3[to] crave; [to] long for (colloquial)
- whoa; wow (expressing amazement or longing)
- plaintive; drawn-out (sound/voice)
- [to] crave; [to] long for (colloquial)
Word Breakdown
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ถวิลหาtà-wĭn hăaถวิลหาtà-wĭn hăa[to] yearn for [sb/sth]; [to] long for