โพก(pôhk)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] wrap/tie a cloth around the head; turban/bandage
to wind or tie a cloth around someone’s head (including one’s own), as a headwrap/turban or as a head bandage (โพกหัวโพกหัวpôhk hŭua[to] wrap [sth] around [sb]'s head/โพกศีรษะ).
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasis7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)ผ้าpâaผ้าpâa1cloth; fabric; textile2cloth item3classifier: piece/bolt of cloth (Thai classifier)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerโพกหัวpôhk hŭuaโพกหัวpôhk hŭua[to] wrap [sth] around [sb]'s headเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingปวดหัวbpùuat hŭuaปวดหัวbpùuat hŭua1[to] have a headache; one’s head aches2troublesome; mentally exhausting (figurative)
He took a cloth and wrapped it around his head because he had a headache.
2VerbB1
[to] wear a headwrap/turban
to have a cloth or turban wrapped around one’s head; to be wearing a headwrap.
Examples
ผู้ชายpôo chaaiผู้ชายpôo chaai1man; male (person)2males; the male sex/gender3boyfriend; male romantic partner (informal)คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)โพกหัวpôhk hŭuaโพกหัวpôhk hŭua[to] wrap [sth] around [sb]'s headด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toผ้าpâaผ้าpâa1cloth; fabric; textile2cloth item3classifier: piece/bolt of cloth (Thai classifier)สีแดงsĕe daengสีแดงsĕe daeng1the color red2red; red-colored
That man is wearing a red cloth wrapped around his head.