เฒ่า(tâo)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB1

old; elderly (literary/archaic)

Aged; elderly. Often literary, archaic, regional, or colloquial in tone.

Examples

ต้นไม้dtôn máaiต้นไม้dtôn máai1tree2plants/greenery (general, esp. woody plants)เฒ่าtâoเฒ่าtâo1old; elderly (literary/archaic)2elder; old person (literary/archaic; prefix use)หน้าบ้านnâa bâanหน้าบ้านnâa bâan1front of the house; frontage2public-facing front; facade (figurative)ยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)ยืนต้นyeun dtônยืนต้นyeun dtôn1[of a tree/plant] remain standing; remain upright2[of a tree/plant] die while still standingอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainแม้máeแม้máe1even2even; even if; althoughลมแรงlom raengลมแรงlom raeng1strong wind; high wind2windy; very windy; strong-wind conditionsเมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last night
The aged tree in front of the house still stands, despite the strong wind last night.
2NounB2

elder; old person (literary/archaic; prefix use)

An elderly person; an elder. Often archaic, dialectal, or used as a prefix before names or nouns (e.g., เฒ่าทารกเฒ่าทารกtâo taa-rókold person who acts like a child).

Examples

เฒ่าtâoเฒ่าtâo1old; elderly (literary/archaic)2elder; old person (literary/archaic; prefix use)คนหนึ่งkon nèungคนหนึ่งkon nèung1one person2a person; someoneที่บ้านtêe bâanที่บ้านtêe bâan1at home; at one’s residence2one’s family; people at homeท้ายซอยtáai soiท้ายซอยtáai soiend of the alleyชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)เล่าเรื่องlâo rêuuangเล่าเรื่องlâo rêuuang1[to] tell a story; narrate2[to] recount; relate what happenedสมัยsà-măiสมัยsà-măi1period; era; age2term; tenure3modern; contemporary4during; in the time ofสงครามsŏng-kraamสงครามsŏng-kraamwarให้hâiให้hâi1[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; permitเด็กๆdèk dèkเด็กๆdèk dèk1children; kids2childish; immature3easy; trivial (colloquial)ฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)
An elderly man at the end of the alley likes to tell the children stories from the war era.

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