The call of the wild — Page 9

Vocabulary

เขา

khao — He, she, or they (third person pronoun).

ไม่ได้

mai dai — Did not; used to negate past actions.

ยืน

yuen — To stand upright on one's feet.

ตัว

tua — Body; classifier for animals and some objects.

ตรง

trong — Straight, direct, or upright in position.

แต่

tae — But; however; used to contrast ideas.

โน้ม

nom — To lean or incline the body forward.

ลำตัว

lam tua — The torso or trunk of the body.

ไป

pai — To go; movement away from a point.

ข้าง

khang — Side; beside; next to something.

หน้า

na — Face; front; also means next or ahead.

จาก

jak — From; away from a place or point.

ช่วง

chuang — Period, section, or span of something.

สะโพก

sa phok — The hip area of the human body.

บน

bon — On top of; above a surface.

ขา

kha — Leg; the limb used for walking.

ที่

thi — At; place; relative pronoun marker.

งอ

ngo — To bend or curve a limb.

พับ

phap — To fold; to bend something flat together.

หัว

hua — Head; top part of the body.

เข่า

khao — The knee joint of the leg.

ร่างกาย

rang kai — The human body as a whole.

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to someone or something.

มี

mi — To have; to possess; there is.

ความ

khwam — Nominalizer prefix creating abstract nouns.

ยืดหยุ่น

yuet yun — Flexible; elastic; able to stretch easily.

และ

lae — And; connecting words or clauses together.

คล่องตัว

khlong tua — Agile; nimble; moving with ease and speed.

อย่าง

yang — In a manner; a type or kind of.

ประหลาด

pra lat — Strange, odd, or surprising in nature.

แทบ

thaep — Almost; nearly; barely reaching a point.

จะ

ja — Will; future tense marker in Thai.

เหมือน

muean — Like; similar to; resembling something else.

แมว

maeo — A cat; common domestic feline animal.

ตื่นตัว

tuen tua — Alert; awake and ready to react quickly.

รวดเร็ว

ruat reo — Fast, swift, and quick in movement.

ดั่ง

dang — Like; as if; resembling something literary.

ผู้

phu — Person; one who does something; nominalizer.

ใช้

chai — To use; to make use of something.

ชีวิต

chi wit — Life; existence as a living being.

อยู่

yu — To live; to stay; to be located.

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a space or time.

หวาดกลัว

wat khua — To be afraid; to feel fear or dread.

ต่อ

to — Against; toward; per; continuing onward.

สิ่ง

sing — Thing; object; an entity or matter.

มอง

mong — To look at; to gaze at something.

เห็น

hen — To see; to visually perceive something.

ไม่

mai — Not; negation particle in Thai sentences.

ตลอด

ta lot — Throughout; all along; the entire duration.

เวลา

we la — Time; a period or moment in time.

บาง

bang — Some; certain; thin in thickness.

ครั้ง

khrang — Time; occasion; an instance of something.

ชาย

chai — Man; male person; edge of something.

ร่าง

rang — Body; figure; a draft or outline.

ขน

khon — Hair; fur; feathers on a body.

ดก

dok — Thick and abundant, especially of hair or fur.

นี้

ni — This; referring to something nearby or present.

ก็

ko — Also; then; particle softening a statement.

นั่ง

nang — To sit down on a surface.

ยองๆ

yong yong — Crouching low; squatting close to ground.

กอง

kong — Pile; heap; also a campfire.

ไฟ

fai — Fire; flame; electricity or light source.

โดย

doi — By; by means of; through an action.

ก้ม

kom — To bow or bend the head downward.

ลง

long — Down; downward; to descend or decrease.

ระหว่าง

ra wang — Between; during; in the middle of.

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; indicating completion of action.

หลับ

lap — To sleep; to be asleep or closed eyes.

ยาม

yam — Guard; watch; a period of time.

เช่น

chen — Such as; for example; like the following.

นั้น

nan — That; referring to something previously mentioned.

ศอก

sok — The elbow joint of the arm.

วาง

wang — To place or put something down somewhere.

มือ

mue — Hand; the end part of the arm.

ประสาน

pra san — To interlace, join, or clasp together.

กัน

kan — Each other; together; a mutual action.

เหนือ

nuea — Above; north; higher than something else.

ศีรษะ

si sa — The head; formal word for head.

ราวกับ

rao kap — As if; as though; resembling a situation.

แขน

khaen — Arm; the upper limb of the body.

บัง

bang — To block, shield, or cover from view.

ฝน

fon — Rain; water falling from the sky.

เลย

loei — So; therefore; at all; completely past.

ออก

ok — Out; to exit; to come or go out.

มืด

muet — Dark; lacking light; darkness of night.

ล้อม

lom — To surround; to encircle something or someone.

รอบ

rop — Around; surrounding; one cycle or round.

แสง

saeng — Light; a ray or beam of light.

วาว

wao — Bright glowing; also a kite toy.

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as something.

คู่ๆ

khu khu — In pairs; two things together matched.

สอง

song — Two; the number two.

ดวง

duang — Orb; a round object like eyes or stars.

เสมอ

sa moe — Always; equal; consistently the same.

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which; that; a relative clause connector.

รู้

ru — To know; to have knowledge of something.

ดี

di — Good; well; of positive quality.

ว่า

wa — That; saying; introduces reported speech.

นั่น

nan — That; pointing to something over there.

คือ

khue — Is; means; used for definitions or equations.

ดวงตา

duang ta — Eyes; the two organs of sight.

สัตว์

sat — Animal; any living non-human creature.

นักล่า

nak la — Predator; hunter; one who hunts prey.

ใหญ่

yai — Big; large; great in size.

ได้ยิน

dai yin — To hear; to perceive sound with ears.

เสียง

siang — Sound; voice; noise of any kind.

พวก

phuak — Group; a bunch of people or things.

มัน

man — It; him/her (informal); that thing.

พุ่ง

phung — To dart; to shoot forward rapidly.

ทะลุ

tha lu — To pierce through; to penetrate a barrier.

พง

phong — Thicket; dense bush or undergrowth.

ไม้

mai — Wood; tree; a wooden object or plant.

รวมถึง

ruam thueng — Including; encompassing various items together.

ต่างๆ

tang tang — Various; different kinds; assorted types.

ส่ง

song — To send; to deliver something to someone.

มา

ma — To come; movement toward the speaker.

ราตรี

ra tri — Night; nighttime (formal or literary word).

ขณะ

kha na — While; at the moment; during a time.

ฝัน

fan — To dream; a vision experienced while sleeping.

ริม

rim — Edge; beside; along the side of.

ฝั่ง

fang — Bank; shore; the edge of a river.

แม่น้ำ

mae nam — River; a large flowing body of water.

ลืม

luem — To forget; to fail to remember.

ตา

ta — Eye; also means maternal grandfather.

เซลุ่ย

se lui — Drowsy; half-asleep; dazed and sluggish.

ภาพ

phap — Image; picture; a visual representation.

โลก

lok — World; earth; the entire globe.

อีก

ik — Another; more; again; additionally.

ใบ

bai — Leaf; classifier for flat objects like leaves.

ทำให้

tham hai — To cause; to make something happen.

ตาม

tam — To follow; according to; along something.

หลัง

lang — After; back; behind; the back of body.

ลุก

luk — To rise up; to get up from a position.

ชัน

chan — Steep; erect; standing up sharply.

พาด

phat — To drape or lay across something.

ผ่าน

phan — To pass through; to go across something.

บ่า

ba — Shoulder; the top of the arm joint.

ขึ้น

khuen — Up; upward; to rise or increase.

ถึง

thueng — To reach; until; as far as.

คอ

kho — Neck; the part connecting head and body.

จน

jon — Until; to the point that; poor.

ครวญ

khruan — To moan or groan with a low sound.

เบาๆ

bao bao — Softly; gently; lightly in manner.

อด

ot — To refrain from; to hold back urge.

กลั้น

klan — To suppress; to hold back a feeling.

หรือ

rue — Or; question particle at sentence end.

ไม่ก็

mai ko — Or else; otherwise; if not then.

คำราม

kham ram — To growl or roar like a fierce animal.

พ่อครัว

pho khrua — A male cook; a chef in the kitchen.

ลูกครึ่ง

luk khrueng — Half-blood; person of mixed ethnic parentage.

ตะโกน

ta kon — To shout; to yell out loudly.

ใส่

sai — To put into; to wear; to add to.

เฮ้

he — Hey! An exclamation to get attention.

ตื่น

tuen — To wake up; to be awake and alert.

ได้

dai — Can; able to; obtained; past marker.

เลือน

luean — To fade; to become dim or blurry.

หาย

hai — To disappear; to vanish; to recover.

แห่ง

haeng — Place; classifier for locations and places.

จริง

jing — True; real; genuine and not false.

ปรากฏ

pra kot — To appear; to become visible or evident.

สายตา

sai ta — Eyesight; one's line of vision or gaze.

หาว

hao — To yawn; opening the mouth wide tiredly.

ยืด

yuet — To stretch; to extend something longer.

เส้น

sen — Line; string; classifier for long thin objects.

สาย

sai — Line; cord; late; a strand or wire.

เพิ่ง

phoeng — Just; to have just done something recently.

การ

kan — Nominalizer for actions; the act of doing.

นอน

non — To lie down; to sleep or rest.