ปราม
bpraamMeaning
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[to] warn; restrain; admonish
To authoritatively warn, admonish, or restrain someone from doing something undesirable.
Examples
แม่mɛ̂ɛแม่mɛ̂ɛ1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseปรามbpraamปรามbpraam[to] warn; restrain; admonishไม่ให้mâi-hâiไม่ให้mâi-hâi1[to] not give; withhold; refuse to give2[to] not allow; not let; forbid3so that not; in order to preventลูกlûukลูกlûuk1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4fruit5classifier: fruits, balls, and certain other objectsวิ่งเล่นwîng-lênวิ่งเล่นwîng-lên[to] run around for fun; rompใกล้glâiใกล้glâi1near; close (in distance/time/resemblance)2[to] be near; be close toถนนtà-nǒnถนนtà-nǒnroad; street
The mother warned her child not to play near the road.
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The boss admonished the subordinate who regularly comes to work late.
ตำรวจdtam-rùuatพยายามpá-yaa-yaamปรามbpraamกลุ่มวัยรุ่นglùm-wai-rûnไม่ให้mâi-hâiก่อเหตุgɔ̀ɔ-hèetทะเลาะวิวาทtá-lɔ́-wí-wâat
The police tried to restrain the group of teenagers from starting a fight.
รัฐบาลrát-tà-baanออกɔ̀ɔkนโยบายná-yoo-baaiเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaปรามbpraamการกักตุนgaan-gàk-dtunสินค้าsǐn-káaในช่วงnai-chûuangขาดแคลนkàat-klɛɛn
The government issued a policy to restrain the hoarding of goods during the shortage.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid classConsonant clusterIn the cluster ปร, the first consonant ป sets the class.
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ม, a sonorant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
bpraam
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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 | — | — |