เหง้า(ngâo)

Meanings

1NounB2

rhizome (botany)

An underground stem that grows horizontally and produces roots and shoots; a rhizome.

Examples

ขิงkĭngขิงkĭng1ginger (rhizome; spice)2[to] roast; [to] flex (slang)และláeและláeand (coordinating)ขมิ้นkà-mînขมิ้นkà-mînturmeric (plant/spice)มีส่วนmee sùuanมีส่วนmee sùuan1[to] be involved (in [sth]); play a part2[to] have a share/stake (in [sth])3partly; to some extent; somewhatที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsเหง้าngâoเหง้าngâo1rhizome (botany)2ancestral stock; lineage (figurative)อยู่ใต้yòo dtâiอยู่ใต้yòo dtâi1[to] be under [sth]; [to] be beneath [sth]2[to] be under the control of [sb/sth]3[to] be south of [somewhere]ดินdinดินdin1soil; earth; dirt2the ground; land (surface)3clay; earthen material4electrical ground; earth (electrical)ซึ่งsêungซึ่งsêung1which; that (relative pronoun)2which/and this; introducing explanationแตกหน่อdtàek nòแตกหน่อdtàek nò1[to] sprout; bud2[to] branch out; proliferateและláeและláeand (coordinating)แตกdtàekแตกdtàek1[to] crack; break; shatter2[to] burst; rupture3broken; cracked4[to] split up; fall apart (figurative)5[to] leak out; be revealed (slang)6[to] ejaculate; climax (slang)รากrâakรากrâak1root (plant part)2root; origin; foundation3square root (math)4root/stem; base (ling./math)5to take root; to be rooted6[to] vomit; throw upได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreed
Ginger and turmeric have underground rhizomes that produce shoots and roots.
2NounC1

ancestral stock; lineage (figurative)

Ancestral line or original source from which something derives (used figuratively, literary).

Examples

เพลงลูกทุ่งpleng lôok tûngเพลงลูกทุ่งpleng lôok tûng1Thai country music (luk thung)2a luk thung songหลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)เพลงplayngเพลงplayng1song; musical piece2classifier: songs/piecesมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoเหง้าngâoเหง้าngâo1rhizome (botany)2ancestral stock; lineage (figurative)มาจากmaa jàakมาจากmaa jàak1[to] come from; be from (source/origin)2[to] originate/derive from3[to] result from; be due toทำนองtam-nongทำนองtam-nong1melody; tune2style; manner; pattern; way3approximately; roughly; in the vein of4set form; formula (formal/archaic)พื้นบ้านpúuan bâanพื้นบ้านpúuan bâan1folk; traditional (of local people)2indigenous; native (of a species or practice)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsแต่ละdtàe láแต่ละdtàe lá1each (item considered separately)2each one; each person/thingถิ่นtìnถิ่นtìn1habitat; natural range2native place; homeland3region; locality
Many luk thung songs have their roots in local folk melodies from each region.

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