เถ้า(tâo)

Meanings

1NounA2

ash; ashes

the powdery residue left after something is burned; includes volcanic ash or cremated remains

Examples

ไฟดับfai dàpไฟดับfai dàp1power outage; blackout2[of power/lights] go out; cut outแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)เหลือlĕuuaเหลือlĕuua1[to] remain; be left2[to] have left; have remaining3[to] spare; have extra4[to] exceed; be more thanแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)เถ้าtâoเถ้าtâo1ash; ashes2elder; old man (archaic/literary)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)เตาdtaoเตาdtao1stove; cooker2heater; furnace; kiln3iron (clothes iron)4stovetop/burner
The fire is out; only ash remains in the stove.
2NounC1

elder; old man (archaic/literary)

a respectful or literary/archaic term for an elderly man; now mainly in set phrases or compounds

Examples

ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)วรรณคดีwan-ná-ká-deeวรรณคดีwan-ná-ká-deeliterature (classical or esteemed works)มักกล่าวmák glàaoมักกล่าวmák glàao[to] often say [sth]; [impersonal] it is often said (that)ถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reach6even if; even thoughเถ้าtâoเถ้าtâo1ash; ashes2elder; old man (archaic/literary)ผู้pôoผู้pôo1person; one who … (agentive prefix)2person; people (as a standalone noun in formal/register-bound uses)ทรงภูมิsong poomทรงภูมิsong poom1erudite; learned (honorific)2to possess learning (royal)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotให้ข้อคิดhâi kô kítให้ข้อคิดhâi kô kít[to] be thought-provoking; [to] give a lessonแก่gàeแก่gàe1old (age)2to; toward (recipient/affected party)3ripe; mature (food/drink) [often overripe]4for; with regard to5dark (color); strong (drink)ตัวละครdtuua lá-konตัวละครdtuua lá-kon1character (in a story, play, film, game)2player; person involved (in an event)
Literature often mentions a venerable old man who imparts wisdom to the characters.

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