ทำยา(tam yaa)
Meanings
1VerbB2
[to] make/prepare medicine
to prepare, compound, or produce medicines or remedies (including traditional/herbal preparations)
Examples
คุณยายkun yaaiคุณยายkun yaaigrandmother; respectful term for elderly womanของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveยาสมุนไพรyaa sà-mǔn praiยาสมุนไพรyaa sà-mǔn praiherbal medicine; herbal remedyไว้ใช้wái cháiไว้ใช้wái chái1for later use2[to] set aside [sth] for later useเองayngเองayng1oneself; personally; by oneself2exactly that/itself3emphatic particle (self/only)ที่บ้านtêe bâanที่บ้านtêe bâan1at home; at one’s residence2one’s family; people at home
My grandmother likes to prepare herbal remedies for her own use at home.
2VerbC1
[to] manufacture illicit drugs
to produce illegal narcotic drugs
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillถูกtòokถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker)ตำรวจdtam-rùuatตำรวจdtam-rùuatpolice; police officerจับjàpจับjàp1[to] hold; grasp2[to] touch; feel3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] arrest5[to] detect; pick up; sense6[to] assign; pair up; match7[to be] chilled; feel cold (body part)8[to] set; fix (price, time, etc.)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ข้อหาkôr hăaข้อหาkôr hăacriminal charge; legal countลักลอบlák lôpลักลอบlák lôp1[to] do secretly; do illicitly; do without permission2[to] smuggle; traffic (illicitly)3secretly; illicitly; on the slyทำยาtam yaaทำยาtam yaa1[to] make/prepare medicine2[to] manufacture illicit drugsในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)บ้านเช่าbâan châoบ้านเช่าbâan châo1rented house2house for rent
He was arrested by the police on charges of secretly producing illegal drugs in a rented house.
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Word Breakdown
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ทำยาtam yaaทำยาtam yaa[to] make/prepare medicine