พง
pongMeanings
1NounB1
thicket; dense brush; scrub
Land covered with thick, tangled vegetation such as bushes, reeds, or scrub.
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ทางเดินtaang-dəənทางเดินtaang-dəən1walkway; passage; corridor; aisle; path2path; route; course (figurative)3tract; passageway (anatomy/system)ถูกtùukถูกtùuk1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3to be correct/right4proper; morally right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6passive marker (often adverse)ปิดbpìtปิดbpìt1[to] close; shut2[to] turn off; switch off3closed; shut; not open4[to] cover; seal5[to] block; conceal; suppress; withholdด้วยdûuaiด้วยdûuai1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because of; due to5because; since (formal/literary)6request particle; please; tooพงpongพงpong1thicket; dense brush; scrub2clan; lineage; genealogy (literary)หนาทึบnǎa-tʉ́pหนาทึบnǎa-tʉ́pvery dense; thick; hard to see or pass through
The path was blocked by thick scrub.
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He cut a way through the thicket with a machete to reach the stream.
Around the pond there is dense scrub, allowing small animals to hide well.
ค่ายkâaiพักpákตั้งอยู่dtâng-yùuริมrimพงpongและlɛ́ป่าbpàaราบrâapซึ่งsʉ̂ngพื้นดินpʉ́ʉn-dinชื้นchʉ́ʉnและlɛ́เดินdəənลำบากlam-bàak
The camp is set by scrubland and low forest, where the ground is damp and hard to walk.
The basket got stuck in a clump of grass by the canal; we had to slowly pull it out.
นกน้ำnók-náamทำรังtam-rangซ่อนsɔ̂ɔnในnaiพงpongกกgòkทำให้tam-hâiยากyâakจะjàสังเกตsǎng-gèetจากjàakฝั่งfàng
The waterfowl nest hidden in a clump of reeds, making it hard to spot from the bank.
ชาวบ้านchaao-bâanเผาpǎoพงpongหญ้าแห้งyâa-hɛ̂ɛngเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaเปิดทางbpə̀ət-taangน้ำnáamแต่dtɛ̀ɛต้องdtɔ̂ngระวังไฟลามrá-wang-fai-laamไปยังbpai-yangบ้านเรือนbâan-rʉʉan
Villagers burn dense clumps of dry grass to open water paths, but must beware of the fire spreading to homes.
กระต่ายgrà-dtàaiวิ่งหายwîng-hǎaiเข้าไปในkâo-bpai-naiพงpongหนาทึบnǎa-tʉ́pรอดrɔ̂ɔtจากjàakเหยี่ยวyìiaoที่tîiโฉบchòopลงมาlong-maa
The rabbit darted into a dense clump of vegetation, escaping the swooping hawk.
2NounC1
clan; lineage; genealogy (literary)
A family line, clan, or genealogy; used in formal or literary contexts.
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เขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillศึกษาsʉ̀k-sǎaศึกษาsʉ̀k-sǎa1[to] study; learn2[to] research; investigate3[to] consider; look intoเชื้อสายchʉ́ʉa-sǎaiเชื้อสายchʉ́ʉa-sǎailineage; ancestry; descentและlɛ́และlɛ́and (coordinating)พงpongพงpong1thicket; dense brush; scrub2clan; lineage; genealogy (literary)ของตระกูลkɔ̌ɔng-dtrà-guunของตระกูลkɔ̌ɔng-dtrà-guunof the family; belonging to the familyเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaเพื่อpʉ̂ʉa1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] act; behave3[to] cook; prepare food4[to] do; carry out (work)5[to] cause; makeผังpǎngผังpǎng1plan; layout; blueprint; diagram2program schedule; broadcast plan3scheme; frameworkเครือญาติkrʉʉa-yâatเครือญาติkrʉʉa-yâatrelatives; kin network
He studies the lineage and clan genealogy to make a family tree.
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ในnaiจดหมายเหตุjòt-mǎai-hèetกล่าวถึงglàao-tʉ̌ngพงpongผู้pûuสืบสายsʉ̀ʉp-sǎaiจากเจ้านายjàak-jâo-naaiเดิมdəəmและlɛ́สิทธิ์sìtในnaiการปกครองgaan-bpòk-krɔɔng
The archives mention the clan line descended from the former nobility and their right to govern.
นักประวัติศาสตร์nák bprà-wàt-sàatใช้cháiคำบอกเล่าkam bòk lâoผสานpà-săanหลักฐานlàk tăanเอกสารèk-gà-săanเพื่อpêuuaร้อยเรียงrói riiangพงpongของkŏngชุมชนchum-chonโบราณboh-raanอย่างyàangรอบด้านrôp dâan
Historians combine oral accounts with documentary evidence to comprehensively reconstruct the genealogy of an ancient community.
บทกวีbòt-gà-wiiรำลึกถึงram-lʉ́k-tʉ̌ngพงpongบรรพชนban-pá-chonทั้งtángเกียรติยศgìiat-dtì-yótและlɛ́คราบkrâapแผลplɛ̌ɛที่tîiสืบทอดมาsʉ̀ʉp-tɔ̂ɔt-maaในnaiนามสกุลnaam-sà-gunเดียวกันdiiao-gan
The poem recalls the lineage of ancestors, both the honors and the scars passed down under the same family name.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ง, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
pong
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low 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 | — | — |