โน้ม
nóomMeanings
1VerbA2
[to] bend; lean
to bend, bow, or lean (the body or an object) downward or forward
Examples
เขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillโน้มnóomโน้มnóom1[to] bend; lean2[to] incline; tend (toward)3[to] draw; pull towardตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)3character; figureลงlongลงlong1[to] go down; descend2[to] get off (vehicle)3down; downstream4[to] put; apply; record5[to] decrease; go down6[to] land; alightเก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to keep; store; put away2to collect; pick up; gather3to tidy up; put in order4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to charge; take (a fee/payment)7[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)ดินสอdin-sɔ̌ɔดินสอdin-sɔ̌ɔ1pencil2classifier: แท่ง
He bends down to pick up the pencil.
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Grandma leans forward to hear more clearly.
พนักงานpá-nák-ngaanโน้มnóomตัวdtuuaไปข้างหน้าbpai-kâang-nâaแล้วlɛ́ɛoผูกpùukเชือกรองเท้าchʉ̂ʉak-rɔɔng-táao
The employee leaned forward and tied his shoelaces.
ครูkruuโน้มnóhmตัวdtuuaลงlongระดับrá-dàpสายตาsăai dtaaเด็กdèkแล้วláeoพูดpôotค่อยkôiๆ-เพื่อให้pêuua hâiเด็กdèkไม่กลัวmâi gluua
The teacher bent down to the child’s eye level and spoke softly so the child wouldn’t be scared.
2VerbB2
[to] incline; tend (toward)
to have a tendency or inclination toward something (literal or figurative)
Examples
ปีนี้bpii-níiปีนี้bpii-níi1this year2this year; during the current yearตลาดแรงงานdtà-làat-rɛɛng-ngaanตลาดแรงงานdtà-làat-rɛɛng-ngaanlabor market; job marketโน้มnóomโน้มnóom1[to] bend; lean2[to] incline; tend (toward)3[to] draw; pull towardไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already pastทางtaangทางtaang1way; route; road; path2direction; side3method; means; manner4by; via; through (means or channel)5classifier: roads/routes/ways6side/party (institutional)งานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5unit (classifier) for events6work (physics)ด้านdâanด้านdâan1side; face (surface)2classifier: sides/faces/aspects3field; area; aspect4calloused; hardened; matte5toward; on the side ofเทคโนโลยีték-noo-loo-yiiเทคโนโลยีték-noo-loo-yii1technology2technology; technological devices and systemsมากขึ้นmâak-kʉ̂nมากขึ้นmâak-kʉ̂n1more; increasingly2greater; more (than before)
This year the job market tends to lean more toward technology jobs.
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อากาศaa-gàatช่วงนี้chûuang-níiโน้มnóomไปbpaiทางtaangฝนตกfǒn-dtòkตอนบ่ายdtɔɔn-bàaiเกือบgʉ̀ʉapทุกวันtúk-wan
The weather these days tends to be rainy in the afternoon almost every day.
ผู้บริโภคpûu-bɔɔ-rí-pôokเริ่มrə̂əmโน้มใจnóom-jaiเลือกlʉ̂ʉakสินค้าsǐn-káaที่tîiเป็นมิตรต่อสิ่งแวดล้อมbpen-mít-dtɔ̀ɔ-sìng-wɛ̂ɛt-lɔ́ɔmมากกว่าmâak-gwàaเดิมdəəm
Consumers are increasingly inclined to choose more environmentally friendly products.
นโยบายná-yoo-baaiใหม่màiทำให้tam-hâiบริษัทbɔɔ-rí-sàtโน้มnóomไปสู่bpai-sùuการลงทุนgaan-long-tunระยะยาวrá-yá-yaaoแทนtɛɛnการgaanหวังwǎngกำไรgam-raiระยะสั้นrá-yá-sân
The new policy inclines the company toward long-term investment rather than short-term gains.
3VerbB2
[to] draw; pull toward
to cause to lean or be drawn toward; to bias or tilt (figurative)
Examples
สื่อsèuuสื่อsèuu1media; the media; mass media2medium; means; channel of communication3[to] convey; communicate4medium (spiritual/occult)บางbaangบางbaang1some; certain2thin; slightสำนักพาดหัวsăm-nák pâat hŭuaข่าวkàaoข่าวkàao1news; news report2news item; report3rumor; hearsayในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)แบบbàepแบบbàep1style; type; kind; manner2model; pattern; design; template3form; questionnaire4in a ... way; -ly (pre-head adverbial marker)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerโน้มnóhmโน้มnóhm1[to] bend; lean2[to] incline; tend (toward)3[to] draw; pull towardความคิดkwaam kítความคิดkwaam kít1idea; thought2thinking; reasoning3opinion; view4mindset; ideology; way of thinkingผู้อ่านpôo àanผู้อ่านpôo àan1reader; person who reads2reader/reciter (reads aloud)ให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] allow; let; permit3[to] have [sb] do; cause to4for (benefit of)5so that; in order to6until; to the point that (result)เชื่อchêuuaเชื่อchêuua1to believe [sth/sb]2to trust; have faith in3to believe in (religion/ideology)ฝ่ายเดียวfàai diiaoฝ่ายเดียวfàai diiao1one-sided; unilateral2on one side only; unilaterally
Some media outlets write headlines that bias readers toward one side.
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คำอธิบายkam-à-tí-baaiของเขาkɔ̌ɔng-kǎoถูกtùukปรับbpràpให้hâiโน้มnóomผลpǒnการประชุมgaan-bprà-chumไปตามbpai-dtaamที่tîiผู้บริหารpûu-bɔɔ-rí-hǎanต้องการdtɔ̂ng-gaan
His explanation was adjusted to tilt the meeting’s outcome toward what the executives wanted.
การตั้งคำถามgaan-dtâng-kam-tǎamชี้นำchíi-namย่อมyɔ̂mโน้มnóomคำตอบkam-dtɔ̀ɔpของkɔ̌ɔngผู้pûuถูกtùukสัมภาษณ์sǎm-pâatให้hâiไปbpaiในnaiทิศtítที่tîiผู้วิจัยpûu-wí-jaiหวังwǎng
Leading questions naturally bias respondents’ answers toward what the researcher hopes for.
ตัวอย่างdtuua-yàangที่tîiคัดเลือกkát-lʉ̂ʉakมาmaaอย่างyàangไม่เป็นกลางmâi-bpen-glaangย่อมyɔ̂mโน้มnóomการตีความgaan-dtii-kwaamข้อมูลkɔ̂ɔ-muunให้hâiผิดเพี้ยนpìt-píianจากjàakข้อเท็จจริงkɔ̂ɔ-tét-jing
Selectively chosen examples inevitably tilt the interpretation of data away from the facts.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markMai tho
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
nóom
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + Mai tho → High
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |