พงหนาม
pong-nǎamMeaning
1NounB2
thorny thicket; briar patch
An area of dense, tangled vegetation filled with thorns; a thicket of thorny bushes.
Examples
ลูกบอลlûuk-bɔɔnลูกบอลlûuk-bɔɔnball (for sports/games)ของkɔ̌ɔngของkɔ̌ɔng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuffผมpǒmผมpǒm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)กลิ้งglîngกลิ้งglîng1[to] roll; tumble2rolling (movement)เข้าไปในkâo-bpai-naiเข้าไปในkâo-bpai-nai[to] go into [sth]; [to] enter [sth]พงหนามpong-nǎamพงหนามpong-nǎamthorny thicket; briar patchหลังบ้านlǎng-bâanหลังบ้านlǎng-bâan1back of the house; backyard2domestic affairs; family side (figurative)3wife (figurative)4back office; behind-the-scenes operations
My ball rolled into the thorny thicket behind the house.
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ตอนdtɔɔnเดินป่าdəən-bpàaเขาkǎoโดนdoonหนามnǎamเกี่ยวgìiaoแขนkɛ̌ɛnเพราะprɔ́เดินdəənเฉียดchìiatพงหนามpong-nǎam
While hiking, his arm was scratched by thorns because he walked too close to a thorny thicket.
สัตว์sàtเล็กๆlék lékหลายชนิดlăai chá-nítใช้cháiพงหนามpong năamที่têeหนาทึบnăa téupเป็นbpenที่หลบภัยtêe lòp paiจากjàakผู้ล่าpôo lâa
Many small animals use dense thorny thickets as a refuge from predators.
กว่าจะgwàa-jàบุกบั่นbùk-bànผ่านpàanพงหนามpong-nǎamไปถึงbpai-tʉ̌ngน้ำตกnáam-dtòkได้dâaiเสื้อผ้าsʉ̂ʉa-pâaก็gɔ̂ขาดวิ่นkàat-wînไปหมดbpai-mòt
By the time we managed to push through the thorny thicket to reach the waterfall, our clothes were all torn.
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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หนามnǎamหนามnǎam1thorn; spine; prickle2thorny problem; obstacle (figurative)thorn; spine; pricklePart 2
พงหนามpong-nǎamพงหนามpong-nǎamthorny thicket; briar patchthorny thicket; briar patchWord