ที่มา
têe maa
Meanings
1NounB1
origin; source
The point or place from which something originates or is derived; the cause or starting point.
Examples
เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)หาhăaหาhăa1[to] look for; search for2[to] find (after searching)3[to] get; procure4[to] earn (money); make a living5[to] visit; go see6[to] call for; ask for; contact (by phone)ที่มาtêe maaที่มาtêe maa1background; provenance; etymology2source; reference (citation)3origin; sourceของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsกลิ่นglìnกลิ่นglìnsmell; odor; scentแปลกbplàekแปลกbplàek1strange; unusual; odd2exotic; foreign (to one’s experience)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ห้องครัวhông kruuaห้องครัวhông kruuakitchenไม่เจอmâi jerไม่เจอmâi jer[to] not find [sth/sb]
We still can’t find the source of the strange smell in the kitchen.
2NounB2
background; provenance; etymology
Background or history explaining how something came to be, such as a word’s etymology or the origin story of a work.
Examples
อาจารย์เล่าaa-jaan lâoอาจารย์เล่าaa-jaan lâothe teacher/professor tellsที่มาของคำtêe maa kŏng kamที่มาของคำtêe maa kŏng kamorigin of a word; etymologyว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeสวัสดีsà-wàt-deeสวัสดีsà-wàt-dee[!] hello; hi; goodbyeให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitพวกเราpûuak raoพวกเราpûuak rao1we; us2our group; our sideฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)
The teacher told us the background of the word ‘sawasdee’.
3NounB2
source; reference (citation)
The source or reference from which information is taken; a citation.
Examples
ก่อนgònก่อนgòn1before; earlier; previously; first2previous; prior; formerส่งsòngส่งsòng1[to] send; dispatch2[to] submit; hand in; turn in3[to] drop off; deliver (someone/something)4[to] pass (to); feed (a ball)5[to] escort; see off6[to] emit; transmit; send outรายงานraai-ngaanรายงานraai-ngaan1report (document/account)2[to] report; inform officially3[to] check in; report oneselfอย่าลืมyàa leumอย่าลืมyàa leumdon't forget (to...)ใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] pour in; [to] fill4[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)5[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)ที่มาของข้อมูลtêe maa kŏng kôr-moonที่มาของข้อมูลtêe maa kŏng kôr-moondata source; source of informationท้ายtáaiท้ายtáai1last; final2end; back; rear3rear; stern; tail end4footer; closing sectionบทความbòt kwaamบทความbòt kwaamarticle; essay
Before submitting the report, don't forget to include the sources of the information at the end of the article.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
แหล่งที่มาlàeng têe maaแหล่งที่มาlàeng têe maa1source; origin2provenance3source of information; citation
- source; origin
- provenance
- source of information; citation
ต้นกำเนิดdtôn gam-nèrtต้นกำเนิดdtôn gam-nèrt1origin; genesis; first source2place/source of origin; birthplace; headwaters
- origin; genesis; first source
- place/source of origin; birthplace; headwaters
ต้นธารdtôn taanต้นธารdtôn taan1headwaters; source of a river2origin; source (figurative)
- headwaters; source of a river
- origin; source (figurative)
บ่อเกิดbò gèrtบ่อเกิดbò gèrt1origin; root cause (figurative)2wellspring; source (literal)
- origin; root cause (figurative)
- wellspring; source (literal)
รากเหง้าrâak ngâoรากเหง้าrâak ngâo1roots; origin; ancestry2root cause; foundation
- roots; origin; ancestry
- root cause; foundation
Word Breakdown
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ที่มาtêe maaที่มาtêe maaorigin; source