หรอมแหรม(rŏm-răem)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB2

sparse; scanty; scattered

sparse or scanty; happening in small, uneven amounts; few and far between.

Examples

คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerดูหนังdoo nǎngดูหนังdoo nǎng[to] watch a movieรอบดึกrôp dèukรอบดึกrôp dèuk1late-night period; late-night slot2late at nightมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoแค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)หรอมแหรมrŏm-răemหรอมแหรมrŏm-răem1sparse; scanty; scattered2piecemeal; in dribs and drabsไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)เต็มdtemเต็มdtem1full; filled2complete; entire; full (amount)3[to] be full4fully; completely; to the fullโรงroongโรงroong1building for a specific function2classifier: purpose-built buildings
There were only a sparse number of people for the late-night movie; the theater wasn't full.
2AdverbB2

piecemeal; in dribs and drabs

in small, irregular amounts or numbers; bit by bit, not steadily.

Examples

ฝนfŏnฝนfŏn1rain2[to] file; grind; honeเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toตกลงมาdtòk long maaตกลงมาdtòk long maa1[to] fall down; come down2[to] drop; decrease (of values/levels)หรอมแหรมrŏm-răemหรอมแหรมrŏm-răem1sparse; scanty; scattered2piecemeal; in dribs and drabsตอนที่dton têeตอนที่dton têe1when; at the time that2episode/part (numbered label)เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)กำลังจะgam-lang jàกำลังจะgam-lang jàabout to (imminent future)ออกจากบ้านòk jàak bâanออกจากบ้านòk jàak bâan[to] leave home
The rain started to fall in small, irregular amounts just as we were about to leave the house.

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