หวน(hŭuan)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] return; come back (poetic/literary)
to return or come back, often in a literary or formal tone, referring to people, seasons, or situations (e.g., หวนคืนหวนคืนhŭuan keun1[to] return; come back (literary/formal)2[to] recur; resurface (memory/feeling) (literary/formal))
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillจากไปjàak bpaiจากไปjàak bpai1[to] leave; depart2[to] pass away; die (euphemistic)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)และláeและláeand (coordinating)สัญญาsăn-yaaสัญญาsăn-yaa1promise; vow; pledge2contract; agreement3[to] promise; pledge; vow4[to] contract (legally)5perception (Buddhism)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)หวนกลับhŭuan glàpหวนกลับhŭuan glàp[to] return; come back; happen again (to a previous place, state, or condition)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerอีกèekอีกèek1more; additional2again3else; other4yet; still (in comparisons/time)
He already left and promised to never return again.
2VerbB2
[to] recall; think back; be rekindled
to remember or have memories/feelings resurface; to be brought back to mind (e.g., ความหลังหวนมา)
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyได้กลิ่นdâai glìnได้กลิ่นdâai glìn1[to] smell [sth]; detect a smell2[to] sense/suspect [sth] (figurative)ขนมkà-nŏmขนมkà-nŏm1snack; sweet; dessert2confectionery; pastryนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ทีไรtee raiทีไรtee raiwhenever; every time (that)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]หวนนึกถึงhŭuan néuk tĕungหวนนึกถึงhŭuan néuk tĕung1[to] recall; think back to; reminisce about2[to] be reminded of; come back to mindตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèkตอนเด็กๆdton dèk-dèk1when (one) was a child; in childhood2one’s childhood period (noun phrase use)ทุกทีtúk teeทุกทีtúk tee1every time; on each occasion2always; invariably
Whenever I smell this dessert, it always makes me reminisce about my childhood.