ละมือ(lá-meuu)

Meanings

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[to] stop doing [sth]; [to] take one's hands off [sth]

to stop doing or working on something, often by taking one's hands away from it

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ละมือlá-meuuละมือlá-meuu[to] stop doing [sth]; [to] take one's hands off [sth]จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)งานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5joule (physics unit)6unit (classifier) for eventsไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ตอนนี้dton néeตอนนี้dton née1now; at the moment2this time/this moment (time noun)ยุ่งyûngยุ่งyûng1busy; occupied2messy; tangled3complicated; troublesome4[to] meddle; interfere5swarming with flies/mosquitoes (dial.)มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
I can't take my hands off work just yet; I'm very busy right now.

Word Breakdown

ละláละlá1[to] quit; give up; drop; let go (of)2[to] omit; leave out; skip3topic/softening particle4each; per (spoken)Part 1
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มือmeuuมือmeuu1hand2skill; level; expertise3round; turn (card games)4doer; agent5classifier: pairs of handsPart 2
ละมือlá-meuuละมือlá-meuu[to] stop doing [sth]; [to] take one's hands off [sth]