โฟล์ก(fóhk)
Meanings
1NounB1
Volkswagen; VW
Informal Thai shortening for the Volkswagen car brand.
Examples
พ่อpôrพ่อpôr1father; dad2sir; mister (rural/archaic)3prefix: father of; master ofเพิ่งpêrngเพิ่งpêrng1just; recently2only just now; only now3only/merely (just now starting)ซื้อséuซื้อséu1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offโฟล์กfóhkโฟล์กfóhk1Volkswagen; VW2folk (music/style)มือสองmeu sŏngมือสองmeu sŏng1second-hand; used2second-hand itemมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerคันkanคันkan1itchy2itch3lever; handle4classifier for vehicles5shaft; rod; poleหนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)
Dad just bought a secondhand VW.
2NounB2
folk (music/style)
Borrowing from English ‘folk’; refers to folk music or folk-style aesthetics in Thai contexts.
Examples
วงwongวงwong1band; musical group2group; circle (of people)3classifier: sets (musical groups, rings)4circle; ring5ring; zone; tier6circuit; loopนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)เล่นlênเล่นlên1[to] act; perform (role)2casually; for fun (manner marker)3[to] tease; kid; mess with4[to] use; operate; take up (colloquial extension)5seriously; to a great degree (intensifier, often negative)6[to] play; have fun7[to] play (game/sport/instrument)แนวnaeoแนวnaeo1boundary line; demarcation2genre; style3guideline; principle; policy line4trend; vibe5line; row; alignment; formation6direction; approach; tendency; orientationโฟล์กfóhkโฟล์กfóhk1Volkswagen; VW2folk (music/style)ฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)สบายsà-baaiสบายsà-baai1comfortable; at ease2well; fine (health/state)3[to] relax; take it easy4easy; effortlessใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]กีตาร์โปร่งgee-dtâa bpròhngกีตาร์โปร่งgee-dtâa bpròhngacoustic (steel-string) guitarเป็นหลักbpen làkเป็นหลักbpen làk1mainly; primarily; chiefly2[to] serve as the main basis; be primary
This band plays an easy-listening folk style, mainly using acoustic guitars.