วิกศาลา
wík săa-laa
Meanings
1NounC1
theater pavilion; theater hall
A theater pavilion or hall; a playhouse building (from ‘วิกวิกwík1theater; cinema (informal)2theater; cinema (colloquial)’ theater + ‘ศาลาศาลาsăa-laa1pavilion; open-sided shelter2temple pavilion (Buddhist context)3sala (place name element)’ hall).
Examples
สมัยก่อนsà-măi gònสมัยก่อนsà-măi gòn1the old days; former times2formerly; in the past; back thenพอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyตกค่ำdtòk kâmตกค่ำdtòk kâmat dusk; at nightfallชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerรวมตัวกันruuam dtuua ganรวมตัวกันruuam dtuua gan1[to] gather; assemble2[to] unite; organize collectively3[to] coalesce; aggregate (science)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/slotวิกศาลาwík săa-laaวิกศาลาwík săa-laatheater pavilion; theater hallเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofดูลิเกdoo lí-gayดูลิเกdoo lí-gay[to] watch likay (Thai folk theater)
In the old days, when evening came, the villagers would gather at the theater hall to watch Likay.
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วิกศาลาwík săa-laaวิกศาลาwík săa-laatheater pavilion; theater hall