ผลุบๆโผล่ๆ(plùp plùp plòh plòh)
Meanings
1AdverbB2
appearing and disappearing
appearing and disappearing alternately; popping in and out of sight; bobbing up and down
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleลอยloiลอยloi1floating; adrift2[to] float; drift3[to] hover; be suspended4[to] float (price/exchange rate)คอkoคอko1neck2throat3collar; neckline4neck (of an object)5enthusiast; -lover (as suffix)ผลุบplùpผลุบplùp[to] duck down; [to] disappear suddenlyๆ-โผล่plòhโผล่plòh[to] emerge; appear; stick out; pop upๆ-อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainกลางglaangกลางglaang1middle; center2middle; central3in the middle; in the center4amid; in the midst of; mid-คลองklongคลองklong1canal2natural stream; creek (dialectal/archaic)3classifier: canals/ditches
I saw someone bobbing up and down in the middle of the canal.
2AdverbC1
intermittently; unpredictably
showing up intermittently or inconsistently; coming and going unpredictably
Examples
ช่วงนี้chûuang néeช่วงนี้chûuang née1these days; lately; currently2this period (of time); the current periodเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerทำงานtam ngaanทำงานtam ngaan1[to] work; do one's job; be on duty2[to] function; operateผลุบplùpผลุบplùp[to] duck down; [to] disappear suddenlyๆ-โผล่plòhโผล่plòh[to] emerge; appear; stick out; pop upๆ-ไม่รู้mâi rúuไม่รู้mâi rúu1[to] not know; be unaware (of); be uncertain2[!] I don't know.ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeมีปัญหาmee bpan-hăaมีปัญหาmee bpan-hăa[to] have a problem; there is a problemอะไรà-raiอะไรà-rai1what2which; what (modifier)3something; anything (unspecified)4what? (interjection of surprise/confusion)หรือเปล่าrĕu bplàaoหรือเปล่าrĕu bplàao1yes–no question particle (“…or not?”)2whether … or not
Lately, he comes to work inconsistently; I don't know if he has any problems.