พงรก
pong-rókMeaning
1NounB2
dense thicket; overgrown brush
An area of dense, tangled, and overgrown vegetation; a wilderness-like thicket or scrub where plants grow thickly and untidily.
Examples
ทางลัดtaang-látทางลัดtaang-lát1shortcut; short route2shortcut (method)3computer shortcut (link/icon)หลังlǎngหลังlǎng1back (of body)2rear; back (part)3behind; at the back of4after; later than5CL: building; house; structureหมู่บ้านmùu-bâanหมู่บ้านmùu-bâan1village; hamlet2housing estate; gated communityเต็มไปด้วยdtem-bpai-dûuaiเต็มไปด้วยdtem-bpai-dûuai1[to] be full of; be filled with; be packed with2[to] be rife with; be replete with (figurative)พงรกpong-rókพงรกpong-rókdense thicket; overgrown brushเดินผ่านdəən-pàanเดินผ่านdəən-pàan1[to] walk past; pass by (on foot)2[to] walk through; traverse (on foot)ยากมากyâak-mâakยากมากyâak-mâakvery difficult; very hard
The shortcut behind the village is full of dense thickets, making it very hard to pass through.
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ชาวบ้านchaao-bâanช่วยกันchûuai-ganถางtǎangพงรกpong-rókข้างkâangลำธารlam-taanเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaเปิดทางbpə̀ət-taangเดินdəən
Villagers helped clear the overgrown scrub by the stream to open a pathway.
พื้นที่pʉ́ʉn-tîiรกร้างrók-ráangกลายเป็นglaai-bpenพงรกpong-rókแน่นทึบnɛ̂n-tʉ́pจนjonแทบtɛ̂ɛpมองไม่เห็นmɔɔng-mâi-hěnพื้นดินpʉ́ʉn-dinและlɛ́ทางน้ำtaang-náamเดิมdəəm
The abandoned area turned into a dense, tangled thicket, to the point that the ground and the old waterway were barely visible.
นักสำรวจnák săm-rùuatต้องdtôngใช้cháiมีดพร้าmêet práaตัดdtàtพงรกpong rókที่têeพันกันpan ganยุ่งyûngไปทีbpai teeละláก้าวgâaoเพื่อpêuuaบุกbùkเข้าสู่kâo sòoแนวป่าnaeo bpàa
The explorers had to use machetes to cut through the tangled scrub step by step to push into the forest line.
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 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 | — | — |
Word Breakdown
พงpongพงpong1thicket; dense brush; scrub2clan; lineage; genealogy (literary)thicket; dense brush; scrubPart 1
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พงรกpong-rókพงรกpong-rókdense thicket; overgrown brushdense thicket; overgrown brushWord