สืบมา(sèup maa)
Meanings
1VerbB2
[to] continue; be passed down
to continue from the past or be handed down, as with traditions that have been passed down over time
Examples
ประเพณีbprà-pay-neeประเพณีbprà-pay-nee1tradition; custom2ritual; ceremonial customแห่เทียนพรรษาhàe tiian pan-săaแห่เทียนพรรษาhàe tiian pan-săa1[to] parade Buddhist Lent candles2Candle Procession/Festival (Buddhist Lent)ถูกtòokถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker)ถ่ายทอดtàai tôtถ่ายทอดtàai tôt1[to] broadcast; live-stream; relay2[to] pass on; transmit (knowledge/skills)3[to] depict; render; expressสืบsèupสืบsèup1[to] investigate; inquire2[to] trace; search for origins3[to] continue; carry onมาจากmaa jàakมาจากmaa jàak1[to] come from; be from (source/origin)2[to] originate/derive from3[to] result from; be due toบรรพบุรุษban-pá-bù-rùtบรรพบุรุษban-pá-bù-rùtancestor; forebearในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ชุมชนchum-chonชุมชนchum-chon1community2community (online/interest-based)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)
The Candle Procession tradition has been handed down from ancestors in this community.
2AdverbB2
ever since; from then on
continuously from that time until now
Examples
หลังจากlăng jàakหลังจากlăng jàak1after; subsequent to (time)2after; once (clause)เกิดเหตุการณ์gèrt hèt gaanเกิดเหตุการณ์gèrt hèt gaan[to] occur; [to] happen (an incident/event)นั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)เมืองmeuuangเมืองmeuuang1country; state (literary/archaic)2region; realm (historical)3city; town; urban areaนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเงียบngîiapเงียบngîiap1quiet; silent2quiet (place/time)3[to] be quiet; fall silent4[to] go silent; ghost [sb] (colloq.)ลงlongลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] put; apply; record3[to] decrease; go down4[to] land; alight5down; downstream6downstream; southbound7[to] get off (vehicle)สืบมาsèup maaสืบมาsèup maa1ever since; from then on2[to] continue; be passed downจนถึงjon tĕungจนถึงjon tĕung1as far as; all the way to (place/extent)2until; up to (time/point)วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)
After that incident, this town has stayed quiet continuously up to today.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
สืบทอดsèup tâwtสืบทอดsèup tâwt1[to] inherit; succeed to2[to] pass down; hand down3[to] carry on; continue
- [to] inherit; succeed to
- [to] pass down; hand down
- [to] carry on; continue
สืบต่อsèup dtòrสืบต่อsèup dtòr1[to] continue; carry on2[to] succeed; take over3[to] pass down; transmit
- [to] continue; carry on
- [to] succeed; take over
- [to] pass down; transmit
นับแต่นั้นมาnáp dtàe nán maaนับแต่นั้นมาnáp dtàe nán maasince then; from that time on
since then; from that time on
สืบต่อมาsèup dtò maaสืบต่อมาsèup dtò maasubsequently; afterwards
subsequently; afterwards
เรื่อยมาrêuuai maaเรื่อยมาrêuuai maacontinuously until now
continuously until now
Word Breakdown
สืบsèupสืบsèup1[to] investigate; inquire2[to] trace; search for origins3[to] continue; carry onPart 1
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สืบมาsèup maaสืบมาsèup maa[to] continue; be passed down