รกชัฏ
rók-chátMeaning
1AdjectiveB2
dense and tangled (vegetation)
thickly overgrown, tangled, and hard to pass through (of plants, bushes, or terrain)
Examples
ทางเข้าtaang-kâoทางเข้าtaang-kâoentrance; entrywayถ้ำtâmถ้ำtâmcave; cavernถูกtùukถูกtùuk1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3[to] touch; come into contact with [sb/sth]4to be correct/right5proper; morally right6[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)7passive marker (often adverse)พงหญ้าpong-yâaพงหญ้าpong-yâaclump/thicket of grassรกชัฏrók-chátรกชัฏrók-chátdense and tangled (vegetation)ปกคลุมbpòk-klumปกคลุมbpòk-klum[to] cover; envelop; blanketจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofมองไม่เห็นmɔɔng-mâi-hěnมองไม่เห็นmɔɔng-mâi-hěn[to] be unable to see [sth]ทางเดินtaang-dəənทางเดินtaang-dəən1walkway; passage; corridor; aisle; path2path; route; course (figurative)3tract; passageway (anatomy/system)ชัดเจนchát-jeenชัดเจนchát-jeen1clear; distinct; obvious2explicit; definite; unambiguous; unequivocal3clearly; explicitly; unambiguously
The cave entrance was covered by thick overgrowth, making the path hard to see.
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เราraoเลี่ยงlîiangเส้นทางsên-taangนี้níiเพราะprɔ́ป่าbpàaข้างทางkâang-taangรกชัฏrók-chátเดินdəənแล้วlɛ́ɛoเกี่ยวgìiaoเสื้อผ้าsʉ̂ʉa-pâaตลอดdtà-lɔ̀ɔt
We avoid this route because the roadside forest is overgrown and keeps snagging our clothes.
กอไผ่gɔɔ-pàiที่tîiรกชัฏrók-chátขวางkwǎangลำธารlam-taanทำให้tam-hâiต้องdtɔ̂ngอ้อมɔ̂ɔmไปbpaiอีกìikฝั่งfàngจึงjʉngเสียเวลาsǐia-wee-laaเดินทางdəən-taangมากmâak
The tangled bamboo thickets blocking the stream forced us to detour to the other side, wasting a lot of time.
หลังlǎngฝนตกfǒn-dtòkหนทางhǒn-taangขึ้นดอยkʉ̂n-dɔɔiยิ่งyîngรกชัฏrók-chátด้วยdûuaiเถาวัลย์tǎo-wanและlɛ́ไม้máaiหนามnǎamจนjonต้องdtɔ̂ngใช้cháiมีดพร้าmîit-práaตัดdtàtฝ่าfàaทางtaangไปbpai
After the rain, the trail up the mountain became even more overgrown with vines and thorny plants, so we had to cut our way through with machetes.
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 endingDead syllableShort vowelEnds in -ก, a stop, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
rók
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
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
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รกชัฏrók-chátรกชัฏrók-chátdense and tangled (vegetation)dense and tangled (vegetation)Word