ลงราก

long râak

Meanings

1NounB1

[to] take root (plant)

for a plant to grow roots into the ground.

Examples

ต้นไม้dtôn máaiต้นไม้dtôn máai1tree2plants/greenery (general, esp. woody plants)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ปลูกbplòokปลูกbplòok1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)กำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1power; strength2power; force (physics)3troops; forces4currently; in the middle ofเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toลงรากlong râakลงรากlong râak1[to] take root (plant)2[to] put down roots; [to] settle downแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)
The tree I planted is starting to grow roots.
2NounB2

[to] put down roots; [to] settle down

to become firmly established or settled in a place, community, or way of life.

Examples

หลังจากlăng jàakหลังจากlăng jàak1after; subsequent to (time)2after; once (clause)ย้ายyáaiย้ายyáai1[to] move; relocate2[to] transfer (jobs; schools; departments)3[to] move houseมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerอยู่ที่yòo têeอยู่ที่yòo têe1[to] be at; be located at2[to] depend on; be up to3[to] be at (a level/amount)นี่nêeนี่nêe1this (near the speaker)2this; this one (pronoun)3here is…; look/listen (attention-getter)สิบsìpสิบsìp1ten2ten- (teens)3tens place/decadeปีbpeeปีbpee1year2years old3zodiac year; animal yearเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerรู้สึกว่าrúu-sèuk wâaรู้สึกว่าrúu-sèuk wâa1[to] feel that; think that; have the impression that2it seems (to me) that...; I feel that...ตัวเองdtuua engตัวเองdtuua eng1oneself; myself; yourself; themselves2you (intimate)3self; one's own self; identityได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)ลงรากlong râakลงรากlong râak1[to] take root (plant)2[to] put down roots; [to] settle downในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ชุมชนchum-chonชุมชนchum-chon1community2community (online/interest-based)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)อย่างสมบูรณ์yàang sŏm-boonอย่างสมบูรณ์yàang sŏm-booncompletely; fully
After moving here ten years ago, he felt he had completely settled and become established in this community.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ลงlongลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] put; apply; record3[to] decrease; go down4[to] land; alight5down; downstream6downstream; southbound7[to] get off (vehicle)Part 1
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รากrâakรากrâak1root (plant part)2root; origin; foundation3square root (math)4root/stem; base (ling./math)5to take root; to be rootedPart 2
ลงรากlong râakลงรากlong râak[to] take root (plant)