บอกเหตุ

bòk hèt

Meanings

1NounB1

[to] portend; [to] be an omen

To serve as a sign that something will happen, often something bad or important.

Examples

เมฆmêkเมฆmêkcloudดำทะมึนdam tá-meunดำทะมึนdam tá-meunpitch-black; gloomyเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsลางบอกเหตุlaang bòk hètลางบอกเหตุlaang bòk hètomen; portentว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeพายุpaa-yúพายุpaa-yú1typhoon; cyclone2storm (figurative)3stormกำลังจะgam-lang jàกำลังจะgam-lang jàabout to (imminent future)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect marker
The dark, gloomy clouds were a sign that a storm was coming.

Word Breakdown

บอกbòkบอกbòk1[to] tell; inform2[to] ask/tell (someone to do something) (colloquial)3[to] indicate; show4[to] state; say (reporting speech)Part 1
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เหตุhètเหตุhèt1cause; reason2incident; occurrence (formal)3Buddhist cause (hetu)Part 2
บอกเหตุbòk hètบอกเหตุbòk hèt[to] portend; [to] be an omen