เกรอะ
grə̀Meanings
1AdjectiveB2
encrusted; caked
encrusted, caked, or heavily covered with dried dirt, mud, blood, or other substances
Examples
รองเท้าrɔɔng-táaoรองเท้าrɔɔng-táaoshoe; footwearของเขาkɔ̌ɔng-kǎoของเขาkɔ̌ɔng-kǎohis; hers; theirsมีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoโคลนkloonโคลนkloon1mud2[to] cloneแห้งhɛ̂ɛngแห้งhɛ̂ɛng1dry; not wet2[to] dry; become dry3dry; served without brothติดdtìtติดdtìt1[to] stick; attach; fasten2[to] be stuck; be attached; adhere3[to] catch; pick up (disease/odor/habit)4addicted to; hooked on; attached to5close to; adjacent; touching; contiguous6owing; indebted; behind on payments7busy; occupied; tied up8[to] catch fire; light; start; come on9[to] follow closely; keep close toเกรอะgrə̀เกรอะgrə̀1encrusted; caked2[to] clarify; [to] filterไปหมดbpai-mòtไปหมดbpai-mòt1completely; all gone2entirely; across the boardหลังจากlǎng-jàakหลังจากlǎng-jàak1after; subsequent to (time)2after; once (clause)เดินdəənเดินdəən1[to] walk; go on foot2[to] proceed; go; move along3[to] run; operate (machine/system)4[to] run; operate; keep runningลุยป่าlui-bpàaลุยป่าlui-bpàa[to] trek; [to] bushwhack; [to] venture into the wildมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2[to] come to (a state or situation)3past/as of now aspect markerทั้งวันtáng-wanทั้งวันtáng-wanall day; the whole day
His shoes were completely encrusted with dried mud after walking through the forest all day.
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เสื้อเชิ้ตsʉ̂ʉa-chə́ətสีขาวsǐi-kǎaoของเขาkɔ̌ɔng-kǎoมีmiiคราบเลือดkrâap-lʉ̂ʉatแห้งเกรอะhɛ̂ɛng-grə̀จนjonซักsákไม่mâiออกɔ̀ɔk
His white shirt had dried blood caked so heavily on it that it couldn't be washed out.
รถกระบะrót-grà-bàคันkanนั้นnánมีmiiคราบkrâapดินแดงdin-dɛɛngเกรอะกรังgrə̀-grangอยู่yùuรอบrɔ̂ɔpคันkanจนjonแทบจะtɛ̂ɛp-jàมองไม่เห็นmɔɔng-mâi-hěnสีsǐiเดิมdəəmของkɔ̌ɔngรถrót
That pickup truck was so heavily encrusted with red dirt all over that you could barely see its original color.
กระทะgrà-táใบbaiเก่าgàoที่tîiถูกtùukทิ้งไว้tíng-wáiหลังร้านlǎng-ráanมีmiiคราบน้ำมันkrâap-nám-manและlɛ́เศษอาหารsèet-aa-hǎanแห้งเกรอะhɛ̂ɛng-grə̀จนjonต้องdtɔ̂ngใช้cháiแปรงbprɛɛngเหล็กlèkขัดkàt
The old pan left behind the restaurant had dried oil and food remnants so caked on that a wire brush was needed to scrub it.
2VerbC1
[to] clarify; [to] filter
to separate the clear liquid from solids by filtering or allowing the solids to settle
Examples
หลังจากlăng jàakหลังจากlăng jàak1after; subsequent to (time)2after; once (clause)แกว่งgwàengแกว่งgwàeng1[to] swing; sway2[to] wave; brandish3[to] fluctuate; swingสารส้มsăan sômสารส้มsăan sômalumในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)โอ่งòngโอ่งòng1classifier: large jars2large earthen jar; water jarแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)เกรอะgròeเกรอะgròe1encrusted; caked2[to] clarify; [to] filterเอาแต่ao dtàeเอาแต่ao dtàeonly; nothing butน้ำใสnáam săiน้ำใสnáam săi1clear water2clear brothๆ-มาใช้maa cháiมาใช้maa chái[to] come (and) use [sth]ดื่มกินdèum ginดื่มกินdèum gin[to] eat and drink; [to] consume
After stirring alum in the water jar, the villagers will filter out only the clear water for drinking.
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คุณยายkun-yaaiใช้cháiผ้าขาวบางpâa-kǎao-baangเกรอะgrə̀น้ำกะทิnáam-gà-tíเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaแยกyɛ̂ɛkกากgàakมะพร้าวmá-práaoออกให้ɔ̀ɔk-hâiหมดmòtก่อนgɔ̀ɔnนำไปnam-bpaiทำtamขนมหวานkà-nǒm-wǎan
Grandma used a cheesecloth to strain the coconut milk to completely separate the coconut pulp before making dessert.
ระบบบำบัดน้ำเสียrá-bòp-bam-bàt-náam-sǐiaในบ้านnai-bâanสมัยใหม่sà-mǎi-màiจำเป็นต้องjam-bpen-dtɔ̂ngมีmiiบ่อbɔ̀ɔเกรอะgrə̀เพื่อpʉ̂ʉaแยกyɛ̂ɛkกากgàakของแข็งkɔ̌ɔng-kɛ̌ngออกจากɔ̀ɔk-jàakน้ำnáamเสียก่อนsǐia-gɔ̀ɔnปล่อยลงbplɔ̀i-longสู่sùuท่อtɔ̂ɔสาธารณะsǎa-taa-rá-ná
Modern home wastewater treatment systems require a septic tank to filter out solid waste from the wastewater before discharging it into public sewers.
หมอmŏrยาแผนโบราณyaa păen boh-raanจะjàนำnamสมุนไพรsà-mŭn praiที่têeต้มdtômจนได้jon dâiที่มาtêe maaเกรอะgròeเอาแต่ao dtàeน้ำnáamใสๆsăi săiเพื่อpêuuaใช้cháiเป็นbpenยารักษาโรคyaa rák-săa rôhkกระเพาะgrà-pɔ́
The traditional healer would strain the properly boiled herbs to extract only the clear liquid to be used as medicine for stomach ulcers.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid classConsonant clusterIn the cluster กร, the first consonant ก sets the class.
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Low tone
grə̀
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
Mid class + No tone mark + Dead syllable → Low
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 | — | — |