หัวกลม(hŭua glom)
Meanings
1AdjectiveA2
round-headed
having a head that is round in shape.
Examples
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That baby is so cute, with chubby cheeks and a round head.
พี่น้องpêe nóngสองsŏngคนนี้kon néeหน้าnâaไม่เหมือนกันmâi mĕuuan ganเลยloieคนหนึ่งkon nèungหัวกลมhŭua glomอีกèekคนkonหัวhŭuaทุยtui
These two siblings don't look alike at all. One has a round head, the other has a protruding occiput.
ช่างตัดผมchâng dtàt pŏmบอกว่าbòk wâaคนkonหัวกลมhŭua glomแบบผมbàep pŏmจะjàตัดผมdtàt pŏmทรงsongไหนnăiก็gâwดูดีdoo dee
The barber said that a person with a round head like me looks good in any hairstyle.
2NounC1
enlisted soldier; non-commissioned military personnel (colloq.)
(colloq.) military personnel below commissioned-officer rank, including non-commissioned officers and ordinary soldiers.
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ลุงlungลุงlung1uncle (older brother of either parent)2older man (form of address)ของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineเคยkoeiเคยkoei1ever; before (past experience)2used to (past habit or state)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1[to] know how; be able to (skill)2[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)3to be (identity/category/state)4to becomeหัวกลมhŭua glomหัวกลมhŭua glom1round-headed2enlisted soldier; non-commissioned military personnel (colloq.)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1progressive/continuative marker2to exist; remain3to be (located); be at4[to] live; reside; stayค่ายทหารkâai tá-hăanค่ายทหารkâai tá-hăanmilitary camp; army baseที่têeที่têe1at; in; to (a place)2classifier: places; seats; individual servings3when; the time that (time marker)4place; spot; seat; space5ordinal marker6that/which/who (relative marker)ลพบุรีlóp-bù-reeลพบุรีlóp-bù-reeLopburi (province and city in Thailand)ตอนนี้dton néeตอนนี้dton née1now; at the moment2this time/this moment (time noun)เกษียณgà-sĭianเกษียณgà-sĭian1retired2[to] retireแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; completed-action marker2already; now (as of this point)3then; and then; after that4and; and then (linking clauses)
My uncle used to be a non-commissioned officer at the military camp in Lopburi; he's retired now.
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พวกpûuakหัวกลมhŭua glomมีmeeบทบาทสำคัญbòt bàat săm-kanในnaiการเป็นgaan bpenคนกลางkon glaangระหว่างrá-wàangนายnaaiทหารชั้นสัญญาบัตรtá-hăan chán săn-yaa-bàtกับgàpพลทหารpon tá-hăan
Non-commissioned officers play an important role as intermediaries between commissioned officers and privates.
กว่าจะgwàa jàไต่เต้าdtài dtâoจากjàakพลทหารpon tá-hăanขึ้นkêunมาเป็นmaa bpenนายnaaiสิบsìpหรือrĕuที่têeเรียกrîakกันganติดปากdtìt bpàakว่าwâaหัวกลมhŭua glomได้dâiนั้นnánต้องdtôngอาศัยaa-săiทั้งtángความอดทนkwaam òt tonและláeวินัยwí-naiอย่างสูงyàang sŏong
To climb the ranks from a private to a sergeant, or what is colloquially called a 'non-commissioned officer', requires both great patience and discipline.
ถึงแม้tĕung máeในnaiทางเทคนิคtaang ték-nîkคำว่าkam wâaหัวกลมhŭua glomจะjàหมายถึงmăai tĕungนายทหารnaai tá-hăanชั้นประทวนchán bprà-tuanแต่dtàeในทางปฏิบัติnai taang bpà-dtì-bàtมักmákใช้cháiเรียกrîakทหารtá-hăanที่têeไม่ใช่mâi châiชั้นchánสัญญาบัตรsăn-yaa-bàtแบบbàepรวมๆruuam ruuam
Although 'hua glom' technically refers to non-commissioned officers, in practice it's often used to refer to any non-commissioned military personnel collectively.
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หัวกลมhŭua glomหัวกลมhŭua glomround-headed