ทำขึ้น(tam kêun)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] make; [to] create; [to] build
to make, create, or build something.
Examples
ชั้นวางของchán waang kŏngชั้นวางของchán waang kŏng1shelf (single board)2shelving unit; rackนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)พ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: father of; master ofของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineทำขึ้นtam kêunทำขึ้นtam kêun1[to] make; [to] create; [to] build2[to] make up; [to] invent [sth]เองayngเองayng1oneself; personally; by oneself2exactly that/itself3emphatic particle (self/only)
My father made this shelf himself.
2VerbB2
[to] make up; [to] invent [sth]
to invent or fabricate something, such as a story or an excuse.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)ป่วยbpùaiป่วยbpùai1sick; ill; unwell2[to] be ill; fall sick3be troubled (formal/lit.)จริงjingจริงjing1really; truly; indeed2truth; reality (rare as noun)3true; real; genuine4[!] intensifier particle (final)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillแค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)ทำเรื่องtam rêuuangทำเรื่องtam rêuuang1[to] handle official business2[to] cause trouble; [to] make a fussขึ้นมาkêun maaขึ้นมาkêun maa1[to] come up (toward the speaker); move upward2[to] get up; rise3[to] go up; increase4[to] arise; appear; emerge5[to] become; start to be (change of state)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofจะได้jà dâaiจะได้jà dâai1so that; in order that; that way2will be able to; get to; come to3then; so (result in instructions/explanations)ไม่ต้องmâi dtôngไม่ต้องmâi dtông1don't have to; no need to2no need to; don't have to; don't3[!] don't; no needไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)สอบsòpสอบsòp1exam; test (informal/short form)2[to] test; examine (ability)3[to] take an exam; sit a test
He isn't really sick; he just made up a story so he wouldn't have to take the exam.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
กุขึ้นgù kêunกุขึ้นgù kêun[to] fabricate; [to] make up [sth]
[to] fabricate; [to] make up [sth]
แต่งขึ้นdtàeng kêunแต่งขึ้นdtàeng kêun1[to] compose; write; author; create2[to] make up; fabricate; concoct3[to] coin; devise (words/names)
- [to] compose; write; author; create
- [to] make up; fabricate; concoct
- [to] coin; devise (words/names)
ผลิตขึ้นpà-lìt kêunผลิตขึ้นpà-lìt kêun[to] produce; [to] manufacture
[to] produce; [to] manufacture
Word Breakdown
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ทำขึ้นtam kêunทำขึ้นtam kêun[to] make; [to] create; [to] build