วกไปวนมา(wók bpai won maa)

Meanings

1AdverbB1

roundabout; back and forth

in a roundabout, indirect, or back-and-forth manner; not straightforward.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillพูดวกไปวนมาpôot wók bpai won maaพูดวกไปวนมาpôot wók bpai won maa[to] ramble; [to] beat around the bushฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)เข้าใจว่าkâo jai wâaเข้าใจว่าkâo jai wâa[to] believe/understand that [clause]เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillต้องการdtông gaanต้องการdtông gaan1[to] want; desire2[to] need; require3[to] seek; requestอะไรà-raiอะไรà-rai1what2which; what (modifier)3something; anything (unspecified)4what? (interjection of surprise/confusion)
He spoke in a roundabout way, so I didn't understand what he wanted.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

วนไปวนมาwon bpai won maaวนไปวนมาwon bpai won maa1repeatedly; in circles; over and over (colloq.)2[to] go round and round; [to] keep circling/repeating
  • repeatedly; in circles; over and over (colloq.)
  • [to] go round and round; [to] keep circling/repeating
วกวนwók wonวกวนwók won1circuitous; convoluted; rambling2[to] meander; beat around the bush
  • circuitous; convoluted; rambling
  • [to] meander; beat around the bush
อ้อมค้อมôm-kómอ้อมค้อมôm-kóm1indirect; roundabout2[to] speak indirectly; beat around the bush
  • indirect; roundabout
  • [to] speak indirectly; beat around the bush
วนเวียนwon wianวนเวียนwon wian1[to] circle; keep coming around2[to] linger; hang around3[to] weigh on [sb]'s mind; keep recurring
  • [to] circle; keep coming around
  • [to] linger; hang around
  • [to] weigh on [sb]'s mind; keep recurring

Word Breakdown

วกwókวกwók1[to] turn back; double back2[to] digress; veer off-topic3evasive; roundabout (speech)Part 1
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ไปวนbpai wonไปวนbpai won1[to] circle around; loop back2[to] keep going in circlesPart 2
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มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerPart 3
วกไปวนมาwók bpai won maaวกไปวนมาwók bpai won maaroundabout; back and forth