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mòongMeanings
1VerbB1
[to] head (a ball)
To strike or direct a ball with the head, especially in football (soccer).
Examples
กองหน้าgɔɔng-nâaกองหน้าgɔɔng-nâa1forward/striker (sports)2forward line (sports)3vanguard; advance guard (military)กระโดดgrà-dòotกระโดดgrà-dòot1[to] jump; leap2[to] rise sharply (fig.)โหม่งmòongโหม่งmòong1[to] head (a ball)2[to] butt; hit with the headบอลbɔɔnบอลbɔɔn1ball (object)2football; soccerเข้าkâoเข้าkâo1[to] enter; go in2[to] put in; insert3in; inward4[to] understand5[to] join; enter (an organization, school, etc.)6[to] fit; suit; match7rice (archaic; dialectal)8[to] enter; reach (a period or stage)ประตูbprà-dtuuประตูbprà-dtuu1door; gate; portal2goal (structure or score)3classifier: doors; gates; goals4gateway; means of access (figurative)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)นาทีสุดท้ายnaa-tii-sùt-táaiนาทีสุดท้ายnaa-tii-sùt-táai1the last minute (literal)2the last possible moment; the eleventh hour (idiomatic)
The striker jumped to head the ball into the goal in the final minute.
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โค้ชkóotสอนsɔ̌ɔnให้hâiผมpǒmโหม่งmòongบอลbɔɔnด้วยdûuaiหน้าผากnâa-pàakจะได้jà-dâaiควบkûuapคุมทิศทางkum-tít-taangดีขึ้นdii-kʉ̂n
The coach taught me to head the ball with my forehead to control the direction better.
เขาkǎoวิ่งwîngเติมdtəəmขึ้นkʉ̂nมาจากmaa-jàakแนวรับnɛɛo-rápแล้วlɛ́ɛoโหม่งmòongลูกเตะlûuk-dtèมุมmumอย่างyàangเฉียบคมchìiap-kom
He made a run up from the defense and sharply headed the corner kick.
แม้mɛ́ɛตัวdtuuaเตี้ยdtîiaกว่าgwàaแต่dtɛ̀ɛเขาkǎoอ่านàanจังหวะjang-wàได้ดีdâai-diiจึงjʉngโฉบchòopเข้าไปkâo-bpaiโหม่งmòongตัดหน้าdtàt-nâaกองหลังgɔɔng-lǎngได้dâaiก่อนgɔ̀ɔn
Despite being shorter, he read the timing well and swooped in to head the ball in front of the defender.
2VerbB2
[to] butt; hit with the head
To hit or bump something or someone with the head; to deliver a headbutt.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillโมโหmoh-hŏhโมโหmoh-hŏh1angry; mad2[to] get angry; be angryมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2much; a lot; greatly3many; numerousจนเผลอjon plĕrจนเผลอjon plĕrso much that one slips up; until [sb] inadvertently does [sth]โหม่งmòhngโหม่งmòhng1[to] head (a ball)2[to] butt; hit with the headกำแพงgam-paengกำแพงgam-paeng1wall (barrier)2barrier; obstacle (figurative)เบาๆbao baoเบาๆbao bao1gently; softly; quietly; lightly; slightly; mildly2casually; in a relaxed way; not too seriouslyแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already; completed-action marker4and; and then (linking clauses)บ่นbònบ่นbòn1to complain; grumble2to nagว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeปวดหัวbpùuat hŭuaปวดหัวbpùuat hŭua1[to] have a headache; one’s head aches2troublesome; mentally exhausting (figurative)
He was so angry that he accidentally bumped the wall with his head and then complained of a headache.
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เด็กน้อยdèk nôiวิ่งwîngมาmaaชนchonพี่ชายpêe chaaiแล้วláeoโหม่งmòhngไหล่làiเข้าkâoเต็มๆdtem-dtemจนjonร้องไห้róng hâi
The little kid ran into his older brother and headbutted his shoulder hard, making him cry.
อย่าyàaเข้าใกล้kâo-glâiตอนdtɔɔnเขาkǎoเดือดdʉ̀ʉatเขาkǎoเคยkəəiโหม่งmòongคนkonที่tîiเข้ามาkâo-maaห้ามhâamจนjonล้มlómคว่ำkwâm
Don't get close when he's heated; he once headbutted someone who tried to stop him and knocked him over.
ในnaiจังหวะjang-wàชุลมุนchun-lá-munชายchaaiคนkonนั้นnánโฉบchòopเข้าไปkâo-bpaiแล้วlɛ́ɛoโหม่งmòongคู่กรณีkûu-gɔɔ-rá-niiอย่างจังyàang-jangก่อนจะgɔ̀ɔn-jàถูกtùukเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉanแยกออกyɛ̂ɛk-ɔ̀ɔk
In the chaos, that man lunged in and delivered a solid headbutt to his adversary before being pulled away by friends.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh classLeading หA silent ห before ม puts this syllable in high class.
- Tone markMai ek
- Syllable endingLive syllableNot needed here: the tone mark decides.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Low tone
mòong
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
High class + Mai ek → Low
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 | — | — |