หอมดึก
hɔ̌ɔm-dʉ̀kMeaning
1NounB2
night-scented jessamine; night-blooming jasmine (Northern Thai)
A Northern Thai name for Cestrum nocturnum, a shrub in the nightshade family whose small, pale flowers release a strong fragrance at night.
Examples
แม่mɛ̂ɛแม่mɛ̂ɛ1mother; mom2form of address for a woman (traditional/familiar)3prefix: female; main; baseปลูกbplùukปลูกbplùuk1[to] plant; grow (plants)2[to] build (a house); erect; set up (structure)3[to] instill; cultivate (values/habits)หอมดึกhɔ̌ɔm-dʉ̀kหอมดึกhɔ̌ɔm-dʉ̀knight-scented jessamine; night-blooming jasmine (Northern Thai)ไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2for later; in reserve3[to] leave (something) as is4marks retention or maintenance of a state5[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)ข้างบ้านkâang-bâanข้างบ้านkâang-bâan1next door; at the neighboring house2the house/people next door; neighbors3by the side of the house4next-door; neighboring (as a modifier)พอpɔɔพอpɔɔ1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; whenตกค่ำdtòk-kâmตกค่ำdtòk-kâmat dusk; at nightfallดอกdɔ̀ɔkดอกdɔ̀ɔk1flower; blossom2classifier: flowers and similar items3interest (on money)4emphasis or assurance particle (regional or old-fashioned)ก็gɔ̂ก็gɔ̂1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3conditional marker (if… then…)4well; after all (emphasis/justification)5topic/resumption markerส่งsòngส่งsòng1[to] send; dispatch2[to] submit; hand in; turn in3[to] drop off; deliver (someone/something)4[to] pass (to); feed (a ball)5[to] emit; transmit; send out6[to] escort; see off7wholesaleกลิ่นหอมglìn-hɔ̌ɔmกลิ่นหอมglìn-hɔ̌ɔmpleasant smell; fragranceไปทั่วbpai-tûuaไปทั่วbpai-tûua1[to] go everywhere; travel all over2all over; everywhere (extent marker)สวนsǔuanสวนsǔuan1garden; orchard; park2classifier: gardens/orchards/plantations3[to] oppose; contradict; go against4[to] move against; counter (direction)
Mom planted night-blooming jasmine beside the house, and after dark its flowers fill the garden with fragrance.
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ไม้พุ่มmái pûmชนิดchá-nítนี้néeมีmeeดอกdòkเล็กlékๆ-ที่têeส่งsòngกลิ่นหอมglìn hŏmตอนกลางคืนdton glaang keunชาวเหนือchaao nĕuuaเรียกว่าrîiak wâaหอมดึกhŏm dèuk
This shrub has small flowers that give off a fragrance at night. In Northern Thailand, it is called hom duek.
แม้mɛ́ɛดอกdɔ̀ɔkหอมดึกhɔ̌ɔm-dʉ̀kจะมีjà-miiขนาดเล็กkà-nàat-lékและlɛ́สีsǐiไม่mâiสะดุดตาsà-dùt-dtaaแต่dtɛ̀ɛกลิ่นglìnที่tîiแรงrɛɛngในnaiยามค่ำคืนyaam-kâm-kʉʉnก็gɔ̂ทำให้tam-hâiรู้rúuว่าwâaต้นdtônนี้níiกำลังgam-langออกดอกɔ̀ɔk-dɔ̀ɔk
Although the flowers of night-blooming jasmine are small and inconspicuously colored, their strong nighttime fragrance lets you know the plant is blooming.
เราraoปลูกbplùukหอมดึกhɔ̌ɔm-dʉ̀kซึ่งsʉ̂ngเป็นbpenไม้พุ่มmáai-pûmในnaiวงศ์wongมะเขือmá-kʉ̌ʉaไว้wáiห่างhàangจากjàakหน้าต่างnâa-dtàangห้องนอนhɔ̂ng-nɔɔnเพราะprɔ́ดอกdɔ̀ɔkเล็กlékสีขาวsǐi-kǎaoอมเขียวom-kǐiaoของมันkɔ̌ɔng-manส่งกลิ่นsòng-glìnแรงมากrɛɛng-mâakในnaiตอนกลางคืนdtɔɔn-glaang-kʉʉn
We planted night-blooming jasmine, a shrub in the nightshade family, away from the bedroom window because its small, greenish-white flowers give off a very strong fragrance at night.
Tones
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2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ม, a sonorant, so it is live.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Rising tone
hɔ̌ɔm
Dips low first, then rises clearly.
High class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Rising
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |
Word Breakdown
หอมhɔ̌ɔmหอมhɔ̌ɔm1fragrant; pleasantly scented2[to] smell nice; be fragrant3[to] give [sb] a sniffing kiss4onion; shallot; spring onionfragrant; pleasantly scentedPart 1
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หอมดึกhɔ̌ɔm-dʉ̀kหอมดึกhɔ̌ɔm-dʉ̀knight-scented jessamine; night-blooming jasmine (Northern Thai)night-scented jessamine; night-blooming jasmine (Northern Thai)Word