นกกา
nók-gaaMeaning
1NounB1
crow (bird)
A crow; a black bird of the genus Corvus, common in Thailand. Often said simply as 'กากาgaa1kettle; pouring pot2[to] mark; cross; check (a box)3crow (bird)' or 'อีกาอีกาii-gaacrow'.
Examples
ฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)เห็นhěnเห็นhěn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asนกกาnók-gaaนกกาnók-gaacrow (bird)ตัวหนึ่งdtuua-nʉ̀ngตัวหนึ่งdtuua-nʉ̀ng1one (of them); a certain one2one (classifier ‘ตัว’)เกาะgɔ̀เกาะgɔ̀1island2[to] cling; [to] hold on3[to] stick; [to] adhere4[to] come close to shore (of a boat)อยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainบนbonบนbon1on; upon; in; above2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)สายไฟsǎai-faiสายไฟsǎai-fai1electric wire/cable2power cord
I saw a crow perching on a power line.
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เช้านี้cháao-níiฉันchǎnตื่นdtʉ̀ʉnเพราะprɔ́เสียงนกsǐiang-nókกาgaaร้องrɔ́ɔngเสียงดังsǐiang-dangอยู่yùuหน้าต่างnâa-dtàangห้องนอนhɔ̂ng-nɔɔn
This morning I woke up because of the loud cawing of a crow outside my bedroom window.
ชาวนาchaao-naaบางคนbaang-konไม่ชอบmâi-chɔ̂ɔpนกกาnók-gaaเพราะprɔ́มันmanชอบchɔ̂ɔpมาmaaจิกjìkกินginเมล็ดข้าวmá-lét-kâaoในnaiนาnaa
Some farmers don't like crows because they like to come and peck at the rice seeds in the fields.
ในnaiนิทานní-taanอีสปii-sòpเรื่องrʉ̂ʉangหนึ่งnʉ̀ngนกกาnók-gaaที่tîiฉลาดchà-làatได้dâaiใช้cháiก้อนหินgɔ̂ɔn-hǐnใส่sàiลงในlong-naiเหยือกyʉ̀ʉakเพื่อให้pʉ̂ʉa-hâiน้ำnáamสูงขึ้นsǔung-kʉ̂nจนjonมันmanสามารถsǎa-mâatดื่มน้ำdʉ̀ʉm-náamได้dâai
In one of Aesop's fables, a clever crow used pebbles to put into a pitcher to make the water level rise so it could drink.
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
nók
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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
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นกกาnók-gaaนกกาnók-gaacrow (bird)crow (bird)Word