โฮม
hoomMeaning
1NounA1
home; residence
Home; a place where someone lives. In Thai, chiefly used in compounds and set phrases (e.g., โฮมสเตย์โฮมสเตย์hoom-sà-dteehomestay accommodation).
Examples
ปีนี้bpii-níiปีนี้bpii-níi1this year2this year; during the current yearเราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3on; onward; continuously (aspect marker)4(aspect) completed; already pastพักโฮมสเตย์pák-hoom-sà-dteeพักโฮมสเตย์pák-hoom-sà-dtee[to] stay at a homestayที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerเชียงรายchiiang-raaiเชียงรายchiiang-raai1Chiang Rai (province)2Chiang Rai (city)
This year we are staying at a homestay in Chiang Rai.
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Mom wants to set up a small home café in front of the house.
He runs a home office at his condo and takes online work.
We booked a home spa package for the evening to relax.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -ม, a sonorant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
hoom
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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 | — | — |