อมน้ำ(om nám)

Meanings

1VerbA2

[to] hold water in the mouth

to hold water in one's mouth

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillอมน้ำom námอมน้ำom nám1[to] hold water in the mouth2[to] retain water; [to] be waterloggedไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ปากbpàakปากbpàak1mouth2opening; mouth (of things)3rim; lip (of a container/wound)4speech; manner of speaking (figurative)
He holds water in his mouth.
2VerbB1

[to] retain water; [to] be waterlogged

to hold or retain water inside; to be soaked with water or waterlogged, such as rice, soil, or cloth

Examples

เสื้อผ้าsêua pâaเสื้อผ้าsêua pâa1clothes; clothing; apparel2outfits; wardrobe (collection of clothes)ฝ้ายfâaiฝ้ายfâai1cotton (fiber)2cotton plantตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2character; figure3classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)4self-/personal (attributive)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)อมน้ำom námอมน้ำom nám1[to] hold water in the mouth2[to] retain water; [to] be waterloggedมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyเวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]ซักsákซักsák1[to] wash (clothes)2[to] interrogate; question closely3about; approximately (before numbers)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)หนักnàkหนักnàk1heavy (weight)2difficult; tough (mentally/physically demanding)3heavily; severely; intensely4serious; severeสุดๆsùt sùtสุดๆsùt sùt1extremely; to the max2awesome!; so cool!
This cotton shirt holds a lot of water; it gets super heavy when washed.

Word Breakdown

อมomอมom1[to] hold in the mouth; suck2[to] embezzle; pocket (fig.)3[to] hold back words; keep silent (fig.)Part 1
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น้ำnáamน้ำnáam1water2liquid; fluid3juice; extract4sauce; broth5bodily fluid (in compounds)Part 2
อมน้ำom námอมน้ำom nám[to] hold water in the mouth