อ.ส.ม.
o-sŏ-moMeaning
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Village Health Volunteer (abbr.)
an abbreviation for อาสาสมัครสาธารณสุขประจำหมู่บ้านอาสาสมัครสาธารณสุขประจำหมู่บ้านaa-sǎa-sà-màk-sǎa-taa-rá-ná-sùk-bprà-jam-mùu-bâanVillage Health Volunteer, referring to a Village Health Volunteer in Thailand's public health system.
Examples
คุณป้าkun bpâaคุณป้าkun bpâa1aunt (older than one’s parent; honorific)2ma’am; auntie (polite address to an older woman)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4alive; living5[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)อ.ส.ม.o-sŏ-moอ.ส.ม.o-sŏ-moVillage Health Volunteer (abbr.)มาช่วยmaa chûuaiมาช่วยmaa chûuai[to] come and helpวัดไข้wát kâiวัดไข้wát kâi[to] take [sb]'s temperatureให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3to; for [sb] (recipient)4[to] have [sb] do; cause to5for (benefit of)6so that; in order to7until; to the point that (result)คุณยายkun yaaiคุณยายkun yaaimaternal grandmother; respectful term for an elderly womanที่บ้านtêe bâanที่บ้านtêe bâan1at home; at one’s residence2one’s family; people at home
The aunt who is a Village Health Volunteer (VHV) came to help take my grandmother's temperature at home.
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อ.ส.ม.o-sŏ-moมีหน้าที่mee nâa têeให้ความรู้hâi kwaam róoเรื่องrêuuangสุขภาพsùk-kà-pâapเบื้องต้นbêuuang dtônแก่gàeคนในkon naiชุมชนchum-chon
VHVs have the duty of providing basic health knowledge to people in the community.
ในช่วงnai chûuangการระบาดgaan rá-bàatของkŏngโควิดkoh-wìt19อ.ส.ม.o-sŏ-moมีmeeบทบาทสำคัญbòt bàat săm-kanอย่างยิ่งyàang yîngในnaiการเฝ้าระวังgaan fâo rá-wangและláeคัดกรองkát grongผู้ป่วยpûu bpùuai
During the COVID-19 pandemic, VHVs played a very important role in monitoring and screening for patients.
กระทรวงสาธารณสุขgrà-suuang săa-taa-rá-ná-sùkจัดอบรมjàt òp-romเพิ่มpêrmศักยภาพsàk-gà-yá-pâapให้แก่hâi gàeอ.ส.ม.o-sŏ-moทั่วประเทศtûua bprà-têetเพื่อpêuuaรับมือráp meuuกับgàpโรคrôhkอุบัติใหม่ù-bàt mài
The Ministry of Public Health organizes training to enhance the capabilities of VHVs nationwide to cope with emerging diseases.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is อ.ส.ม. said ออ-สอ-มอ?
o-sŏ-mo
Thai spelling does not always show how a word sounds. This is how it is said.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
3 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
o
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |