อ้ำอึ้ง(âm âung)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB2
hesitant; evasive (speech)
speaking in a hesitant or evasive way, unable or unwilling to give a clear answer.
Examples
ถามtăamถามtăam1[to] ask; inquire2[to] question; interrogate3[to] ask about; consultว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeใครkraiใครkrai1who2anyone; whoeverทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerอ้ำอึ้งâm âungอ้ำอึ้งâm âung1hesitant; evasive (speech)2[to] hesitate; mumble (avoid a clear answer)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ยอมyomยอมyom1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)ตอบdtòpตอบdtòp1[to] answer; reply2[to] respond; react3answer; response4sunken; hollow (of cheeks/abdomen)ตรงๆdtrong dtrongตรงๆdtrong dtrong1straight; directly2frankly; bluntly3straightforward; frank
When asked who did it, he hemmed and hawed and wouldn't give a straight answer.
2VerbB2
[to] hesitate; mumble (avoid a clear answer)
to speak hesitantly or mumble so as to avoid giving a clear answer.
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyถูกtòokถูกtòok1cheap; inexpensive2correct; right3proper; morally right4to be correct/right5[to] be affected; suffer (often adverse)6by (passive marker)ถามtăamถามtăam1[to] ask; inquire2[to] question; interrogate3[to] ask about; consultเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesเงินngernเงินngern1money2funds; finances3silver (metal)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerอ้ำอึ้งâm âungอ้ำอึ้งâm âung1hesitant; evasive (speech)2[to] hesitate; mumble (avoid a clear answer)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ยอมyomยอมyom1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)ตอบdtòpตอบdtòp1[to] answer; reply2[to] respond; react3answer; response4sunken; hollow (of cheeks/abdomen)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitชัดchátชัดchát1clear; definite2clearly3clear; sharp (visible/audible)
When asked about the money, he mumbled evasively and wouldn’t give a clear answer.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
อึกอักùek-àkอึกอักùek-àk1hesitant (to speak); tongue-tied2[to] hesitate; speak haltingly3hesitantly; haltingly
- hesitant (to speak); tongue-tied
- [to] hesitate; speak haltingly
- hesitantly; haltingly
อมพะนำom pá namอมพะนำom pá nam[to] be evasive; [to] not speak clearly
[to] be evasive; [to] not speak clearly
หนักลิ้นnàk línหนักลิ้นnàk lín1slurred/unclear speech2tongue-tied; not quick with words
- slurred/unclear speech
- tongue-tied; not quick with words
อิดเอื้อนìt êuanอิดเอื้อนìt êuan[to] be reluctant; [to] hesitate
[to] be reluctant; [to] hesitate
ตะกุกตะกักdtà-gùk dtà-gàkตะกุกตะกักdtà-gùk dtà-gàk1halting; awkward; hesitant (esp. speech/motion)2[to] stammer; falter; move/proceed jerkily
- halting; awkward; hesitant (esp. speech/motion)
- [to] stammer; falter; move/proceed jerkily