สตาร์ตยาก(sà-dtáat yâak)
Meanings
1AdjectiveA2
hard to start (engine/machine)
Of an engine or machine, difficult to start; requires extra time or effort to get it running.
Examples
รถrótรถrót1vehicle (general)2car; automobile3train (only in compounds)4classifier: vehiclesคันkanคันkan1itchy2itch3lever; handle4classifier for vehicles5shaft; rod; poleนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เก่าgàoเก่าgào1former; previous2old-fashioned; outdated3old; not newแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)สตาร์ตยากsà-dtáat yâakสตาร์ตยากsà-dtáat yâak1hard to start (engine/machine)2slow to get going (person/activity) [figurative]หน่อยnòiหน่อยnòi1a little; a bit2polite softener (request)
This car is old, so it's a bit hard to start.
2AdjectiveB1
slow to get going (person/activity) [figurative]
figurative, colloquial: slow to get going; needing warm-up before starting (of a person or activity).
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleสตาร์ตยากsà-dtáat yâakสตาร์ตยากsà-dtáat yâak1hard to start (engine/machine)2slow to get going (person/activity) [figurative]ตอนเช้าๆdton cháo cháoตอนเช้าๆdton cháo cháoin the morning; morningsจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ไม่ค่อยmâi kôiไม่ค่อยmâi kôi1rarely; seldom; not often2not very; hardly (degree)พูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutกับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ใครkraiใครkrai1who2anyone; whoever
He's a slow starter; in the mornings, he doesn't talk much to anyone yet.
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สตาร์ตยากsà-dtáat yâakสตาร์ตยากsà-dtáat yâakhard to start (engine/machine)