พลอง(plong)
Meanings
1NounB1
staff; cudgel
A long, sturdy stick used as a staff, club, or weapon; also used in martial arts practice.
Examples
ครูkruuครูkruu1teacher2master; mentor (respectful)3teacher (classifier; formal)ให้เราhâi raoให้เราhâi rao1give us; give me2for us; for me3let us; allow me/usฝึกท่าfèuk tâaฝึกท่าfèuk tâa[to] practice a move/poseพื้นฐานpĕun tăanพื้นฐานpĕun tăan1basic; fundamental2foundation; basis3background (knowledge/education)4elementary; introductory (level)ด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toพลองplongพลองplong1staff; cudgel2laccifer tree; Indian lac tree (archaic/regional)ไม้máiไม้mái1wood; timber2tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)3prefix in tool/implement names4classifier (long, rigid objects)5stick; rod; club; batยาวyaaoยาวyaao1long (length)2long (duration)3[to] lengthen; grow long
The teacher had us practice basic moves with a long wooden staff.
2NounC2
laccifer tree; Indian lac tree (archaic/regional)
An old or regional name for the lac-yielding tree (e.g., Laccifer-associated host species), noted for resin/lac production in historical or botanical contexts.
Examples
ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)บางbaangบางbaang1some; certain2thin; slightภาคpâakภาคpâak1region; area2part; section; division3sector (economic/societal)4act; chapter (formal)เรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call out; summon; hail2[to] ask for; charge; demand3[to] recruit; enlist4[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); nameต้นไม้dtôn máaiต้นไม้dtôn máai1tree2plants/greenery (general, esp. woody plants)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitครั่งkrângครั่งkrâng1lac; shellac resin2lac dyeว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeพลองplongพลองplong1staff; cudgel2laccifer tree; Indian lac tree (archaic/regional)และláeและláeand (coordinating)นิยมní-yomนิยมní-yom1[to] favor; be popular; be in vogue2popularity; fashion; vogue3-ism; ideology; doctrine4custom; accepted usageปลูกbplòokปลูกbplòok1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)ไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveริมrimริมrim1edge; rim; border2edge; riverside; roadside (at/along the edge)3edge-side; roadside (modifier)ไร่râiไร่râi1rai (area unit)2farm; plantation; fieldเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofเก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to collect; pick up; gather2to tidy up; put in order3to charge; take (a fee/payment)4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to keep; store; put away7to put away/holster (weapon); to conceal8[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)ยางyaangยางyaang1rubber (material)2tire; tyre3latex; sap4rubber band; eraser (informal)5resin; gum (botany)6para rubber tree
Villagers in some regions call the lac-host tree 'phlong' and often plant it along fields to collect resin.