หาม(hăam)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] carry on poles; shoulder-carry

to carry a person or thing on the shoulders using poles or a stretcher, typically by two or more people

Examples

เจ้าหน้าที่jâo nâa têeเจ้าหน้าที่jâo nâa têeofficial; officer; staff memberช่วยกันchûuai ganช่วยกันchûuai gan1[to] help each other; cooperate2[to] do jointly; pitch in togetherหามhăamหามhăam1[to] carry on poles; shoulder-carry2[to] scrape together; rustle up (colloquial)3stretcher; litter (noun)คนเจ็บkon jèpคนเจ็บkon jèpinjured person; casualtyส่งsòngส่งsòng1[to] send; dispatch2[to] submit; hand in; turn in3[to] drop off; deliver (someone/something)4[to] pass (to); feed (a ball)5[to] escort; see off6[to] emit; transmit; send outโรงพยาบาลrohng-pá-yaa-baanโรงพยาบาลrohng-pá-yaa-baanhospital
The officers helped carry the injured person to the hospital.
2VerbB2

[to] scrape together; rustle up (colloquial)

to look for and obtain [sth] with effort or urgency, often money or resources (e.g., หามเงิน = scrape together money)

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightทำงานtam ngaanทำงานtam ngaan1[to] work; do one's job; be on duty2[to] function; operateหามรุ่งหามค่ำhăam rûng hăam kâmหามรุ่งหามค่ำhăam rûng hăam kâmday and night; around the clockเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofหามhăamหามhăam1[to] carry on poles; shoulder-carry2[to] scrape together; rustle up (colloquial)3stretcher; litter (noun)เงินngernเงินngern1money2funds; finances3silver (metal)มาใช้maa cháiมาใช้maa chái[to] come (and) use [sth]หนี้nêeหนี้nêedebt; liability
He has to work day and night to scrape together money to pay off his debts.
3NounB2

stretcher; litter (noun)

a carrying frame used to transport a person; commonly appears in compounds like เปลหามเปลหามbplay hăamstretcher; litter or รถหามรถหามrót hăampalanquin; litter

Examples

หน่วยกู้ภัยnùuai gôo paiหน่วยกู้ภัยnùuai gôo pai1rescue unit; rescue team2rescue service/organizationนำnamนำnam1[to] lead; guide2[to] bring; take; lead3[to] adopt; apply; useเปลหามbplay hăamเปลหามbplay hăamstretcher; litterมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerรับrápรับráp1[to] receive; get2[to] accept3[to] pick up; collect4[to] admit; confess5[to] take (a call/order/job)6[to] take; catch (transport)7[to] host; welcome8[to] withstand; bearผู้บาดเจ็บpôo bàat jèpผู้บาดเจ็บpôo bàat jèpinjured person; the injured (collective)ออกจากòk jàakออกจากòk jàak1[to] leave; exit; depart from2from; out of (after a verb)ซากอาคารsâak aa-kaanซากอาคารsâak aa-kaanruins of a building
The rescue unit brought a carrying frame to transport the injured person out of the building's wreckage.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

เปลbplayเปลbplay1hammock; baby cradle2empty; bare; mere (literary)3[to] strip; undress4classifier: hammocks/cradles
  • hammock; baby cradle
  • empty; bare; mere (literary)
  • [to] strip; undress
  • classifier: hammocks/cradles
แคร่krâeแคร่krâe1litter; palanquin2drag sledge; haul sledge3fish trap (regional/technical)4bamboo/wood platform bed
  • litter; palanquin
  • drag sledge; haul sledge
  • fish trap (regional/technical)
  • bamboo/wood platform bed
ระดมrá-domระดมrá-dom1[to] mobilize; muster2[to] raise (funds)3[to] bombard; shower
  • [to] mobilize; muster
  • [to] raise (funds)
  • [to] bombard; shower
รวบรวมrûuap ruuamรวบรวมrûuap ruuam1[to] collect; gather2[to] compile; assemble3[to] muster; mobilize
  • [to] collect; gather
  • [to] compile; assemble
  • [to] muster; mobilize