ลำเนา(lam nao)

Meanings

1NounC1

dwelling; native place; habitat (literary)

A place where someone lives or comes from; for animals, the place where they live (habitat). Used in formal or literary Thai.

Examples

ทุกปีtúk bpeeทุกปีtúk bpeeevery year; annuallyเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; 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)เดินทางdern taangเดินทางdern taang1[to] travel; make a journey2travel; a journey (act of traveling) [formal/literary as noun]กลับลำglàp lamกลับลำglàp lam1[to] reverse a decision; [to] change one's mind2[to] turn a boat around; [to] reverse course (boat/plane)เนาnaoเนาnao1[to] baste; [to] tack (sewing)2[to] stay; lodge; reside (formal/literary)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/slotภาคอีสานpâak ee-săanภาคอีสานpâak ee-săanNortheastern Thailand; Isanเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofไปเยี่ยมbpai yîiamไปเยี่ยมbpai yîiam1[to] visit [sb] (showing care)2[to] pay a visit (formal/polite)3[to] visit [a place] (inspect/attend)ครอบครัวkrôp kruuaครอบครัวkrôp kruua1family; household2family unit (sociological)
Every year, he travels back to his home region in the Northeast to visit his family.
2NounC1

dwelling; native place

A place where someone lives or comes from. Used in formal or literary Thai.

Examples

ทุกปีtúk bpeeทุกปีtúk bpeeevery year; annuallyเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; 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)เดินทางdern taangเดินทางdern taang1[to] travel; make a journey2travel; a journey (act of traveling) [formal/literary as noun]กลับลำglàp lamกลับลำglàp lam1[to] reverse a decision; [to] change one's mind2[to] turn a boat around; [to] reverse course (boat/plane)เนาnaoเนาnao1[to] baste; [to] tack (sewing)2[to] stay; lodge; reside (formal/literary)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/slotภาคอีสานpâak ee-săanภาคอีสานpâak ee-săanNortheastern Thailand; Isanเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofไปเยี่ยมbpai yîiamไปเยี่ยมbpai yîiam1[to] visit [sb] (showing care)2[to] pay a visit (formal/polite)3[to] visit [a place] (inspect/attend)ครอบครัวkrôp kruuaครอบครัวkrôp kruua1family; household2family unit (sociological)
Every year, he travels back to his home region in the Northeast to visit his family.
3NounC1

habitat (literary)

The natural home or environment of an animal. Used in formal or literary Thai.

Examples

ฝูงfǔngฝูงfǔng1herd; flock; swarm (group of animals or similar things)2crowd; throng; mob (large group of people)3classifier for groups of animals/thingsนกนางแอ่นnók naang àenนกนางแอ่นnók naang àen1swallow (bird)2swiftlet (loose/colloquial use)อพยพòp-pá-yópอพยพòp-pá-yóp1[to] migrate; relocate (settlement)2[to] evacuate (for safety)กลับglàpกลับglàp1[to] turn over/flip/reverse2contrary; on the contrary3[to] return; go/come back4back; in returnสู่sòoสู่sòo1to; toward(s); into (formal/literary)2[to] enter; go toward (literary)ลำเนาlam naoลำเนาlam nao1dwelling; native place; habitat (literary)2dwelling; native place3habitat (literary)ทางtaangทางtaang1direction; side2method; means; manner3classifier: roads/routes/ways4side/party (institutional)5by; via; through (means or channel)6way; route; road; pathตอนเหนือdton nĕuuaตอนเหนือdton nĕuua1the northern part; the north (of a place)2northern (as a modifier)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsโลกlôhkโลกlôhk1the world; human society2worldly; secular (attrib.)3world; realm4Earth; the planetเมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)ฤดูใบไม้ผลิréu-doo bai-mái plìฤดูใบไม้ผลิréu-doo bai-mái plìspring (season); springtimeมาเยือนmaa yeuuanมาเยือนmaa yeuuan1[to] pay a visit (formal); call on2[to] arrive; set in; befall (of seasons/events/problems)
The flock of swallows migrates back to its habitat in the northern hemisphere when spring arrives.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ลำlamลำlam1classifier: beams/rays of light; laser2shaft; trunk; stalk; hull/body (of boat or instrument)3beam; ray (of light)4channel; pipeline (figurative/technical)5classifier: boats; ships; aircraft; rockets; some musical instrumentsPart 1
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เนาnaoเนาnao1[to] baste; [to] tack (sewing)2[to] stay; lodge; reside (formal/literary)Part 2
ลำเนาlam naoลำเนาlam naodwelling; native place; habitat (literary)