ทึกทัก
tʉ́k-tákMeaning
1VerbB1
[to] assume; [to] presume
to assume that something is true without enough evidence; often wrongly
Examples
อย่าyàaอย่าyàadon’t; do not (negative imperative)ทึกทักtʉ́k-tákทึกทักtʉ́k-ták[to] assume; [to] presumeเอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: adverse consequence6come on; all right; go ahead7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)8auxiliary marking emphasis or resultเองeengเองeeng1oneself; personally; by oneself2only; just; merely3exactly that/itselfว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillรู้rúuรู้rúu1[to] know; be aware of2[to] realize; find out; learn3[to] know how; know the proper way to act4[to] feel; sense; perceiveแล้วlɛ́ɛoแล้วlɛ́ɛo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)
Don't just assume that he already knows.
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การgaanทึกทักtʉ́k-tákไปbpaiเองeengอาจàatนำไปสู่nam-bpai-sùuความเข้าใจผิดkwaam-kâo-jai-pìtครั้งใหญ่kráng-yàiได้dâai
Assuming things on your own can lead to big misunderstandings.
ผมpǒmไม่mâiอยากจะyàak-jàทึกทักtʉ́k-tákสรุปsà-rùpเอาaoเองeengแต่dtɛ̀ɛจากjàakหลักฐานlàk-tǎanทั้งหมดtáng-mòtดูเหมือนว่าduu-mʉ̌ʉan-wâaเขาkǎoเป็นbpenคนkonทำtam
I don't want to just assume, but based on all the evidence, it seems like he's the one who did it.
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 vowelEnds in -ก, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
tʉ́k
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 | — | — |