เทือก(têuuak)
Meanings
1NounB2
range; chain (esp. mountains)
a long connected series in a chain-like form, especially a mountain range (commonly in compounds such as เทือกเขาเทือกเขาtêuuak kăomountain range ‘mountain range’)
Examples
จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)ยอดดอยyôt doiยอดดอยyôt doimountaintop; summitนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)มองmongมองmong1[to] watch; observe2[to] view; regard; consider3[to] look atไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asเทือกเขาtêuuak kăoเทือกเขาtêuuak kăomountain rangeซ้อนกันsón ganซ้อนกันsón ganstacked; overlappingไกลglaiไกลglai1far; distant2far (in time/relationship); distant3far; to a distant placeสุดสายตาsùt săai dtaaสุดสายตาsùt săai dtaaas far as the eye can see
From this peak, you can see mountain ranges layered as far as the eye can see.
2NounC1
raft (of logs); wooden sledge
a simple wooden platform or sledge, often made of logs, used for floating or dragging loads (regional/old-fashioned)
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ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ลากlâakลากlâak1[to] drag; pull along2[to] draw/drag (on screen)3[to] drag on; be prolonged4[to] haul in; bring along (colloq.)5[to] towฟืนfeunฟืนfeunfirewoodลงlongลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] put; apply; record3[to] decrease; go down4[to] land; alight5down; downstream6downstream; southbound7[to] get off (vehicle)จากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)ดอยdoiดอยdoi1mountain; high hill (Northern Thai usage)2mountainous areaด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toเทือกtêuuakเทือกtêuuak1raft (of logs); wooden sledge2slimy film; greasy scum3range; chain (esp. mountains)ไม้máiไม้mái1wood; timber2tone/diacritic mark (Thai orthography)3prefix in tool/implement names4classifier (long, rigid objects)5stick; rod; club; batผูกpòokผูกpòok1[to] tie [sth]; fasten [sth]2[to] bind; connect; associate3[to] compose fixed-form verse4[to] obligate; bind; commitเชือกchûueakเชือกchûueak1string (for tying)2ring rope (boxing)3classifier for ropes/cords4rope; cord; lineเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingทางtaangทางtaang1direction; side2method; means; manner3classifier: roads/routes/ways4side/party (institutional)5by; via; through (means or channel)6way; route; road; pathลูกรังลื่นlôok rang lêunลูกรังลื่นlôok rang lêun1gravel road slippery2slippery gravel surfaceและláeและláeand (coordinating)รถrótรถrót1vehicle (general)2car; automobile3train (only in compounds)4classifier: vehiclesเข้าkâoเข้าkâo1[to] enter; go in2[to] put in; insert3[to] understand4[to] join; enter (an organization, school, etc.)5[to] fit; suit; match6[to] begin; start; take effect7cooked rice8riceไม่ถึงmâi tĕungไม่ถึงmâi tĕung1less than; not as many as2[to] not reach; [to] not arrive (yet)
Villagers dragged firewood down from the hill with a wooden sledge because the dirt road was slippery and vehicles couldn't reach it.
3NounC2
slimy film; greasy scum
a thin slippery layer or residue from oil, fat, sap, or grime (dialectal/rare)
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พื้นpéunพื้นpéun1floor2ground; base surface; bottom3basis; level; background (figurative)4background (color/pattern)ครัวkruuaครัวkruua1kitchen2cuisine3household (archaic/lit.)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoเทือกน้ำมันtêuuak nám manเทือกน้ำมันtêuuak nám manoil slick; greasy filmลื่นlêunลื่นlêun1slippery; slick2[to] be slippery; slide3smooth; seamless (process/experience)4slick; glib (speech/behavior)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofเดินdernเดินdern1[to] walk; go on foot2[to] run; operate (machine/system)3[to] proceed; go; move along4[to] start; initiate (process/plan)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)แทบtâepแทบtâep1almost; nearly2barely; hardly3virtually; practicallyล้มlómล้มlóm1to fall; topple2to knock/fell down3to cancel/overturn4to collapse; fail5[to] overthrow; topple
The kitchen floor has a slippery film of oil that almost makes you fall when walking.