พ่อเฒ่า(pôr tâo)

Meanings

1NounB1

father-in-law

a person's spouse's father; father-in-law. (chiefly in Northern and Northeastern dialects)

Examples

ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)กลับบ้านglàp bâanกลับบ้านglàp bâan[to] go (back) home; return homeภรรยาpan-rá-yaaภรรยาpan-rá-yaawife (formal/neutral)ไปหาbpai hăaไปหาbpai hăa1[to] go see [sb]; [to] visit [sb]2[to] go look for [sb/sth]; [to] seek [sth]พ่อเฒ่าpôr tâoพ่อเฒ่าpôr tâo1father-in-law2elderly man; old man3grandfather
I'm going back to my wife's hometown to see my father-in-law.
2NounB1

elderly man; old man

an elderly man; often used as a respectful form of address. (chiefly in Northern and Northeastern dialects)

Examples

พ่อเฒ่าpôr tâoพ่อเฒ่าpôr tâo1father-in-law2elderly man; old man3grandfatherครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particleทางtaangทางtaang1direction; side2method; means; manner3classifier: roads/routes/ways4side/party (institutional)5by; via; through (means or channel)6way; route; road; pathไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ตลาดdtà-làatตลาดdtà-làat1popular; mainstream (colloq.)2market; marketplace3market (economic demand/sector)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainไหนnăiไหนnăi1which (asking to choose)2which one; which person/thing3where (question)4ever; any (indefinite)ครับkrápครับkráp1polite particle (male speaker)2acknowledgment/response particle
Excuse me, old sir, which way to the market?
3NounB2

grandfather

grandfather. (chiefly in Northern and Northeastern dialects)

Examples

ตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèkตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèk1when (one) was a child; in childhood2one’s childhood period (noun phrase use)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)นอนnonนอนnon1[to] sleep2[to] lie down; recline3reclining; lying downบ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)พ่อเฒ่าpôr tâoพ่อเฒ่าpôr tâo1father-in-law2elderly man; old man3grandfatherที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotต่างจังหวัดdtàang jang-wàtต่างจังหวัดdtàang jang-wàt1provincial; out-of-town2upcountry; outside the capitalช่วงchûuangช่วงchûuang1period; span (of time)2section; segment (part of something)3range; interval (between limits)4period; time (around now/then)5distance between supports6width span; armspan7span; breadth (across)ปิดเทอมbpìt termปิดเทอมbpìt term1school break; vacation2[to be] on break; between terms
When I was young, I liked to go sleep over at my grandfather's house in the province during school breaks.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

พ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: father of; master ofPart 1
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เฒ่าtâoเฒ่าtâo1old; elderly (literary/archaic)2elder; old person (literary/archaic; prefix use)Part 2
พ่อเฒ่าpôr tâoพ่อเฒ่าpôr tâofather-in-law