อุบาทว์(ù-bàat)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB2
vile; disgusting; atrocious
vile, disgusting, awful, or atrocious; extremely unpleasant or morally reprehensible
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)อยากจะyàak jàอยากจะyàak jà[to] want to; [to] would like toเชื่อchêuuaเชื่อchêuua1to believe [sth/sb]2to trust; have faith in3to believe in (religion/ideology)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ใส่sàiใส่sài1[to] put in; [to] add2[to] wear; [to] put on3[to] pour in; [to] fill4[to] include; [to] insert (data, settings)5[to] attack; [to] go at (colloq.)เสื้อsêuuaเสื้อsêuua1shirt; top2jacket; coat (outerwear) — regional/colloquial3classifier: ตัวสีsĕeสีsĕe1hue; shade; tone2paint3[to] rub; scrub; polish4colorอุบาทว์ù-bàatอุบาทว์ù-bàat1vile; disgusting; atrocious2inauspicious; ominous3bad omen; evil portentแบบนั้นbàep nánแบบนั้นbàep nán1like that; in that way2that kind of; that type of3that kind/that sort (of thing/person)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerงานปาร์ตี้ngaan bpâa-dtêeงานปาร์ตี้ngaan bpâa-dtêeparty; social event
I can't believe he would wear a shirt with such an awful color to the party.
2AdjectiveC1
inauspicious; ominous
inauspicious, ominous, or bringing bad luck (often used in traditional or astrological contexts)
Examples
คนสมัยก่อนkon sà-măi gònคนสมัยก่อนkon sà-măi gònpeople from the pastเชื่อว่าchêuua wâaเชื่อว่าchêuua wâa1[to] believe (that) ...2it is believed that ...นกnókนกnók1bird2[to] get stood up; miss out (slang)3classifier for birds (ตัว)แสกsàekแสกsàek1[to] part (hair)2hair part3forehead (poetic/literary)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsนกnókนกnók1bird2[to] get stood up; miss out (slang)3classifier for birds (ตัว)อุบาทว์ù-bàatอุบาทว์ù-bàat1vile; disgusting; atrocious2inauspicious; ominous3bad omen; evil portentที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotนำnamนำnam1[to] lead; guide2[to] bring; take; lead3[to] adopt; apply; useความโชคร้ายkwaam chôhk ráaiความโชคร้ายkwaam chôhk ráai1misfortune; bad luck; ill fortune2an unlucky event; mishapมาสู่maa sòoมาสู่maa sòo1[to] come to; reach [sb]/[somewhere]2[to] enter into; come to be in (a state/situation)บ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)
People in the past believed the barn owl was an inauspicious bird that brought bad luck to the house.
3NounC1
bad omen; evil portent
an event or sign believed to warn of bad luck or disaster
Examples
คนโบราณkon boh-raanคนโบราณkon boh-raan1people of old; the ancients2an old-fashioned personเชื่อว่าchêuua wâaเชื่อว่าchêuua wâa1[to] believe (that) ...2it is believed that ...ฟ้าfáaฟ้าfáa1sky2heaven; divine realm3light blue; sky blueผ่ากลางpàa glaangผ่ากลางpàa glaang[to] split down the middleบ้านbâanบ้านbâan1house; home2home (family unit)3village; hometown4classifier: houses/buildings (residences)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsอุบาทว์ù-bàatอุบาทว์ù-bàat1vile; disgusting; atrocious2inauspicious; ominous3bad omen; evil portentที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเตือนdteuuanเตือนdteuuan1[to] warn2[to] remind3[to] caution; admonishว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeจะมีjà meeจะมีjà meethere will be; [to] have (in the future)เรื่องร้ายrêuuang ráaiเรื่องร้ายrêuuang ráaibad incident; misfortune; troubleเกิดขึ้นgèrt kêunเกิดขึ้นgèrt kêun[to] happen; occur; arise; emerge; come into being
Ancient people believed that lightning striking the middle of a house is a bad omen warning that terrible things will happen.