ฮู้(hûu)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] know (Northern/Isan dialect)

to know; to be aware; to understand (dialectal verb used chiefly in Northern Thai and Isan)

Examples

เจ้าฮู้บ่jâo hûu bòrเจ้าฮู้บ่jâo hûu bòrDo you know? (Isan/Lao)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเปิ้นbpêrnเปิ้นbpêrn1he; she; they (Northern Thai, 3rd person)2you (Northern Thai, polite)ไปไสbpai săiไปไสbpai săi[Isan] where are you going?
Do you know where he/she went?
2NounB2

knowledge; information (dialectal noun)

knowledge; information; awareness (dialectal noun in Northern/Isan, often appearing as ความฮู้ความฮู้kwaam hóoknowledge; understanding (dialect) ‘knowledge’)

Examples

การไปโรงเรียนgaan bpai rohng riianการไปโรงเรียนgaan bpai rohng riiangoing to school (the act of)คือkeuคือkeu1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.3focus/clarifying marker after subjectการไปหาgaan bpai hăaการไปหาgaan bpai hăaa visit; an act of visiting [sb]ความฮู้kwaam hóoความฮู้kwaam hóoknowledge; understanding (dialect)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerใส่ตัวsài dtuuaใส่ตัวsài dtuua[to] take [sth] upon oneself
Going to school is about acquiring knowledge for oneself.

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