ออ(o)
Meanings
1VerbC1
to thrive; flourish (figurative)
to develop well or prosper in a favorable environment (figurative use)
Examples
ร้านráanร้านráan1shop; store2restaurant; eatery3booth; stallเล็กๆlék lékเล็กๆlék lék1small; little; tiny (softened by reduplication)2slightly; a littleของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toออoออo1to thrive; flourish (figurative)2prefix meaning out-/forth- (literary/archaic)เพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveของอร่อยkŏng à-ròiของอร่อยkŏng à-ròi1tasty food; delicious treats2local specialties; good eatsและláeและláeand (coordinating)บริการbor-rí-gaanบริการbor-rí-gaan1service2customer service; services sector3[to] serve; provide service toดีdeeดีdee1good; of good quality2kind; virtuous3well; nicely4it’s best; better (advisory tone)5gall; bile
His small shop is starting to thrive because the food is tasty and the service is good.
2InterjectionC2
prefix meaning out-/forth- (literary/archaic)
a literary prefix conveying outward motion or emergence, found in certain set compounds
Examples
กวีgà-weeกวีgà-weepoetใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]คำอุปสรรคkam ù-bpà-sàkคำอุปสรรคkam ù-bpà-sàkprefix (linguistics)ออoออo1to thrive; flourish (figurative)2prefix meaning out-/forth- (literary/archaic)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)คำkamคำkam1word; term2speech; saying; utterance3classifier for words/utterancesประพันธ์bprà-panประพันธ์bprà-pan1[to] compose; author (literary/music)2composition; a work (literary/music)3authorship; act of composingเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofสื่อถึงsùue tĕungสื่อถึงsùue tĕung1[to] convey; communicate; express2[to] signify; denote; connote; refer toการเคลื่อนgaan klêuuanการเคลื่อนgaan klêuuanmovement; motionไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ภายนอกpaai nôkภายนอกpaai nôk1external; outside; outer; outward (superficial)2externally; on the outside; outwardly3the outside; the exterior; outward appearanceหรือrĕuหรือrĕu1or (choice/alternative)2or?; really? (question/finality particle)3otherwise; or else (formal)การปรากฏgaan bpràa-gòtการปรากฏgaan bpràa-gòt1appearance; becoming visible2manifestation; being evidentออกมาòk maaออกมาòk maa1[to] come out; emerge2[to] be released; be made public3[to] turn out; end up4[to] come forward; speak outเช่นchênเช่นchên1for example; such as2like; such as (formal)ออกรบòk rópออกรบòk róp[to] go to warออoออo1to thrive; flourish (figurative)2prefix meaning out-/forth- (literary/archaic)กรุยgruiกรุยgrui[to] clear a pathออกรวงòk ruuangออกรวงòk ruuang[to] come into ear (of rice/grains)
Poets use the prefix “ออ-” in verse to convey outward movement or emergence, as in words like “to go to war,” “to push forward,” or “to bear ears of grain.”