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rók-ráangMeanings
1AdjectiveB2
deserted; abandoned (place)
left empty, neglected, and without inhabitants; deserted or abandoned (of land, buildings, or places)
Examples
บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: หลัง5domestic; domesticated; cultivatedหลังlǎngหลังlǎng1back (of body)2rear; back (part)3behind; at the back of4after; later than5CL: bed; bed-like platform6CL: building; house; structureท้ายซอยtáai-sɔɔiท้ายซอยtáai-sɔɔiend of the alleyถูกtùukถูกtùuk1cheap; 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)ทิ้งไว้tíng-wáiทิ้งไว้tíng-wái1[to] leave [sth] to sit/remain (for a time)2[to] leave [sth] behindรกร้างrók-ráangรกร้างrók-ráang1deserted; abandoned (place)2overgrown; neglected (land)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect markerหลายlǎaiหลายlǎai1many; several2very; very much; a lot (Isan)ปีbpiiปีbpii1year2classifier: yearsไม่มีmâi-miiไม่มีmâi-mii1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockคนkonคนkon1person; human2classifier: people3[to] stir; mix by stirringอยู่yùuอยู่yùu1[to] live; reside; stay2to be (located); be at3progressive/continuative marker4to exist; remainเลยləəiเลยləəi1at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)2so; thus; then (immediate result)3completely; absolutely (emphasis)4[to] pass; go beyond; exceed
The house at the end of the alley has been left deserted for years with no one living there.
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เมื่อmêuuaโรงงานrohng ngaanปิดbpìtพื้นที่púen têeรอบrôpๆ-ก็gâwรกร้างrók ráangทันทีtan teeร้านค้าráan káaต่างdtàangๆ-พากันpaa ganปิดตัวbpìt dtuua
When the factory closed, the surrounding area became deserted immediately, and shops shut down.
หลังlǎngน้ำท่วมnáam-tûuamหมู่บ้านmùu-bâanบางbaangแห่งhɛ̀ngถูกtùukทิ้งtíngให้hâiรกร้างrók-ráangเพราะprɔ́ชาวบ้านchaao-bâanย้ายไปyáai-bpaiตั้งถิ่นฐานdtâng-tìn-tǎanใหม่mài
After the flood, some villages were abandoned, as residents relocated to new settlements.
สถานีรถไฟsà-tǎa-nii-rót-faiเก่าgàoแห่งhɛ̀ngนั้นnánถูกtùukปล่อยให้bplɔ̀i-hâiรกร้างrók-ráangไร้ráiผู้คนpûu-konสัญจรsǎn-jɔɔnและlɛ́ไร้ráiการดูแลgaan-duu-lɛɛมานานmaa-naanนับสิบnáp-sìpปีbpii
That old train station has been left deserted for decades, without people passing through or any maintenance.
2AdjectiveB2
overgrown; neglected (land)
covered with wild growth due to lack of care; overgrown or lying fallow
Examples
สวนหลังบ้านsǔuan-lǎng-bâanสวนหลังบ้านsǔuan-lǎng-bâanbackyard; back gardenปล่อยbplɔ̀iปล่อยbplɔ̀i1[to] let go; release2[to] allow; let3[to] emit; discharge4[to] release (media/info)5[to] neglect; let [sth] slideทิ้งไว้tíng-wáiทิ้งไว้tíng-wái1[to] leave [sth] to sit/remain (for a time)2[to] leave [sth] behindจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofหญ้าyâaหญ้าyâa1grass2weed; weedy vegetationขึ้นkʉ̂nขึ้นkʉ̂n1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4result complement: upward/better5postverbal particle: onset or occurrence6[to] sprout; grow; appear7northward/up-country8waxing phase (of the moon)รกร้างrók-ráangรกร้างrók-ráang1deserted; abandoned (place)2overgrown; neglected (land)
The backyard garden was left alone until grass grew over it wildly.
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แปลงผักbplɛɛng-pàkที่tîiไม่ได้mâi-dâaiดูแลduu-lɛɛกลายเป็นglaai-bpenที่tîiรกร้างrók-ráangเต็มไปด้วยdtem-bpai-dûuaiวัชพืชwát-chá-pʉ̂ʉt
The vegetable plot that wasn’t cared for turned into an overgrown area full of weeds.
ไร่râiข้าวโพดkâao-pôotเดิมdəəmถูกtùukทิ้งtíngจนjonรกร้างrók-ráangมีmiiเถาวัลย์tǎo-wanเลื้อยlʉ́ʉaiปกคลุมbpòk-klumไปหมดbpai-mòt
The former cornfield was left to lie fallow, covered everywhere by creeping vines.
เพียงpiiangไม่กี่mâi gèeฤดูกาลréu-doo-gaanพื้นที่púen têeหน้าบ้านnâa bâanก็gâwรกร้างrók ráangด้วยdûuayหญ้าคาyâa kaaและláeต้นไม้dtôn máaiเตี้ยๆdtîia-dtîia
In just a few seasons, the area in front of the house became overgrown with cogon grass and shrubs.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
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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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ร้างráangร้างráang1abandoned; deserted2[to] become deserted; be abandoned3separated (spouses) [formal/lit.]abandoned; desertedPart 2
รกร้างrók-ráangรกร้างrók-ráangdeserted; abandoned (place)deserted; abandoned (place)Word