ร่ำลา

râm laa

Meanings

1NounB1

[to] say goodbye; [to] bid farewell

To say goodbye or bid farewell, often in a formal or emotional way when parting for a long time.

Examples

พรุ่งนี้prûng-néeพรุ่งนี้prûng-née1tomorrow (the day after today)2tomorrow; on the day after todayเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ไปเรียนbpai rianไปเรียนbpai rian[to] go to study; [to] go to schoolต่อdtòต่อdtò1[to] bargain; haggle2per; each (rate/unit)3[to] continue; go on4subsequently; then (adverbial sequence)5[to] connect; attach; join6next; following; subsequentต่างประเทศdtàang bprà-têhtต่างประเทศdtàang bprà-têht1foreign; overseas2abroad; foreign countries3[to] go/live abroadวันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)มาทานmaa taanมาทานmaa taan[to] come [to] eat; come have a mealข้าวkâaoข้าวkâao1rice (cooked)2rice (grain/uncooked)3meal; food (general)4rice plant; paddyเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofร่ำลาrâm laaร่ำลาrâm laa[to] say goodbye; [to] bid farewellกันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)
He is going to study abroad tomorrow, so today we came to have a meal to say our goodbyes.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ร่ำrâmร่ำrâm1repeatedly; again and again2[to] say; [to] utter3[to] be rumored; [for news] to circulatePart 1
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ลาlaaลาlaa1donkey2[to] say goodbye; take one’s leave3leave (from work/school)4[to] request leavePart 2
ร่ำลาrâm laaร่ำลาrâm laa[to] say goodbye; [to] bid farewell