ลุ(lú)

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] reach; attain; arrive at

to reach or arrive at a time, stage, goal, or condition; to attain

Examples

หลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)ฝึกfèukฝึกfèuk1[to] practice; train (oneself); exercise (a skill)2[to] train; coach (someone)3[to] drill; discipline (sb)หนักหลายnàk lăaiหนักหลายnàk lăaivery heavy; very severeเดือนdeuuanเดือนdeuuan1the Moon; moon2monthเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillลุlúลุlú1[to] reach; attain; arrive at2toward; up to (formal/literary)ลูกศรlôok sŏnลูกศรlôok sŏn1arrow (projectile)2arrow (symbol/indicator)3vector arrow (math/graphics)เป้าหมายbpâo măaiเป้าหมายbpâo măai1target (literal)2objective (business/strategy)3goal; target; aimแรกrâekแรกrâek1first; earliest; initial2at first; initially3classifier: first time/round/periodของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsปีbpeeปีbpee1year2years old3zodiac year; animal yearได้แล้วdâai láewได้แล้วdâai láewgot it; done; now possible
After months of hard training, he has reached his first target of the year.
2PrepositionC1

toward; up to (formal/literary)

used as a preposition in formal or literary Thai meaning toward or up to (a time or point), often in set phrases

Examples

งานเลี้ยงngaan líiangงานเลี้ยงngaan líiangparty; banquet; reception; feast; functionจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)จัดตั้งjàt dtângจัดตั้งjàt dtâng1[to] establish; set up; found2[to] appoint; install; constituteแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)บ่ายbàaiบ่ายbàai1afternoon2[to] slant; lean; turn aside3in the afternoonลุlúลุlú1[to] reach; attain; arrive at2toward; up to (formal/literary)ย่ำค่ำyâm kâmย่ำค่ำyâm kâm1dusk; twilight; nightfall2at dusk; in the early evening
The party will be held from the afternoon up to dusk.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

บรรลุban-lúบรรลุban-lú1[to] achieve; attain; reach2[to] conclude; reach (an agreement)3[to] attain enlightenment
  • [to] achieve; attain; reach
  • [to] conclude; reach (an agreement)
  • [to] attain enlightenment
ถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reach6even if; even though
  • to; toward (recipient/goal)
  • even; so ... that; to the point that
  • as far as; concerning (formal)
  • to; until; up to
  • [to] arrive; reach
  • even if; even though
จนถึงjon tĕungจนถึงjon tĕung1as far as; all the way to (place/extent)2until; up to (time/point)
  • as far as; all the way to (place/extent)
  • until; up to (time/point)
สู่sòoสู่sòo1to; toward(s); into (formal/literary)2[to] enter; go toward (literary)
  • to; toward(s); into (formal/literary)
  • [to] enter; go toward (literary)