เข้าป่า(kâo bpàa)
Meanings
1VerbA2
[to] go into the forest
to go into a forest or jungle, for activities like hiking, camping, or foraging.
Examples
พ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: father of; master ofเข้าป่าkâo bpàaเข้าป่าkâo bpàa1[to] go into the forest2[to] go underground; [to] join guerrillasไปหาbpai hăaไปหาbpai hăa1[to] go see [sb]; [to] visit [sb]2[to] go look for [sb/sth]; [to] seek [sth]หน่อไม้nò máaiหน่อไม้nò máaibamboo shoot (edible)
Dad goes into the forest to look for bamboo shoots.
2VerbB2
[to] go underground; [to] join guerrillas
to go into the jungle to live or fight with a guerrilla or insurgent group; to go underground.
Examples
ในอดีตnai à-dèetในอดีตnai à-dèetin the past; formerlyนักศึกษาnák sèuk-săaนักศึกษาnák sèuk-săauniversity/college studentบางคนbaang konบางคนbaang konsome people; some personsหนีnĕeหนีnĕe1[to] flee; run away; escape2[to] avoid; evade; dodge; shirk3[to] elopeการปราบปรามgaan bpràap bpraamการปราบปรามgaan bpràap bpraamsuppression; crackdown; repressionของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsรัฐบาลrát-tà-baanรัฐบาลrát-tà-baan1government (executive)2the government; public sectorโดยdoiโดยdoi1by (transport/communication)2in a ... way; -ly3by (passive marker in formal style)4by; via; throughการเข้าgaan kâoการเข้าgaan kâoentry; admission; accessป่าbpàaป่าbpàa1forest; woodland2the wild; wilderness3jungle (tropical forest)4wild; uncultivated (of land)
In the past, some students escaped government crackdowns by going into the jungle.
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Word Breakdown
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เข้าป่าkâo bpàaเข้าป่าkâo bpàa[to] go into the forest