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tá-lákMeaning
1VerbB1
[to] overflow; gush out; spill over
to burst or pour out suddenly in large amounts, exceeding a limit or capacity (e.g., water, crowds, traffic)
Examples
ฝนตกหนักfǒn-dtòk-nàkฝนตกหนักfǒn-dtòk-nàk[to] rain heavily; pourน้ำnáamน้ำnáam1water2liquid; fluid3juice; extract4sauce; broth5bodily fluid (in compounds)6served with broth7empty words; fillerจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart; part from3nipa palmท่อระบายน้ำtɔ̂ɔ-rá-baai-náamท่อระบายน้ำtɔ̂ɔ-rá-baai-náamdrainage pipe; drainpipe; sewer/stormwater pipe; culvertทะลักtá-lákทะลักtá-lák[to] overflow; gush out; spill overออกมาɔ̀ɔk-maaออกมาɔ̀ɔk-maa1[to] come out; emerge2[to] be released; be made public3[to] turn out; end up4[to] come forward; speak outบนbonบนbon1on; upon; in; above2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)ถนนtà-nǒnถนนtà-nǒnroad; street
Heavy rain made water burst out from the drains onto the road.
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คนkonดูคอนเสิร์ตduu-kɔɔn-sə̀ətทะลักtá-lákออกมาɔ̀ɔk-maaจากjàakประตูbprà-dtuuจนjonเจ้าหน้าที่jâao-nâa-tîiต้องdtɔ̂ngกั้นเชือกgân-chʉ̂ʉak
Concertgoers poured out of the gates, so staff had to set up rope barriers.
ชั่วโมงเร่งด่วนchûua-moong-rêng-dùuanรถrótจากjàakทางยกระดับtaang-yók-rá-dàpทะลักtá-lákลงสู่long-sùuทางหลักtaang-làkจนjonรถติดrót-dtìtยาวyaao
During rush hour, cars from the elevated road poured onto the main road, causing long traffic jams.
เขื่อนkʉ̀ʉanรับrápน้ำnáamไม่ไหวmâi-wǎiน้ำnáamจึงjʉngทะลักtá-lákล้นlónตลิ่งdtà-lìngเข้าkâoท่วมtûuamชุมชนchum-chonโดยdooiฉับพลันchàp-plan
The dam couldn’t hold the water, so it overflowed the banks and flooded the community suddenly.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
tá
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |