The call of the wild — Page 8

Vocabulary

เขา

khao — Third person pronoun: he, she, or they

เพียง

phiang — Only, merely, just a small amount

คนเดียว

khon diao — Alone, by oneself, a single person

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or time

หมู่

mu — Group, community, or cluster of people

มนุษย์

manut — Human being, humankind, the human species

ทั้งหลาย

thang lai — All, all of them, every one collectively

ที่

thi — At, which, that; relative pronoun or place marker

สามารถ

samat — To be able to, capable of doing something

วาง

wang — To put down, place, or set something somewhere

กระเป๋า

krapao — Bag, purse, or luggage carried by a person

บรรทุก

banthuk — To load, carry cargo, or haul heavy goods

บน

bon — On top of, above, upon a surface

หลัง

lang — Back of body; also means after or behind

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle in Thai

ได้

dai — Can, able to; also marks past tense loosely

การ

kan — Nominalizing prefix indicating an action or activity

เดินทาง

doen thang — To travel, make a journey from place to place

ช่วง

chuang — Period, interval, or span of time or space

ฤดูร้อน

radu ron — Summer season, the hot time of year

ไม่มี

mai mi — There is not, to lack or have nothing

สิ่งใด

sing dai — Anything, whatever thing, any particular thing

ยิ่งใหญ่

ying yai — Great, magnificent, grand, or impressive in scale

เกินไป

koen pai — Too much, excessively, beyond a reasonable limit

สำหรับ

samrap — For, intended for, in preparation for something

จะ

cha — Will, going to; future tense marker in Thai

ทำ

tham — To do, make, or perform an action

เมื่อ

muea — When, at the time that an event occurred

สั่งการ

sang kan — To command, give orders, direct an operation

วันหนึ่ง

wan nueng — One day, a certain day, once upon a time

พวกเขา

phuak khao — They, them; third person plural pronoun

จัดหา

chat ha — To procure, supply, or arrange to obtain something

เสบียง

sabieng — Provisions, supplies, especially food for a journey

อาหาร

ahan — Food, meal, or nourishment eaten by people

จาก

chak — From, away from a particular place or source

รายได้

rai dai — Income, earnings, or revenue received from work

แพ

phae — Raft, a flat floating craft on water

และ

lae — And, as well as; conjunction linking words or phrases

ออกจาก

ok chak — To leave, depart from a place or situation

ไป

pai — To go, move away toward a destination

ยัง

yang — Still, yet, or toward; versatile directional or aspect word

ต้นน้ำ

ton nam — Upstream, toward the source of a river

แม่น้ำ

mae nam — River, a large natural flowing body of water

ผู้ชาย

phu chai — Man, male person, adult male human being

สุนัข

sunak — Dog, a domesticated canine animal

ต่าง

tang — Different, various, each individually, mutually

นั่ง

nang — To sit, be seated in a position

อยู่

yu — To be located, stay, remain at a place

ยอด

yot — Top, peak, summit of a hill or structure

หน้าผา

na pha — Cliff, a steep vertical rock face outdoors

ทอด

thot — To extend, stretch out, or reach downward

ลงไป

long pai — To go down, descend toward a lower level

ตรงๆ

trong trong — Straight, directly, without deviation or angle

สู่

su — Toward, to, in the direction of something

หิน

hin — Rock, stone, a hard natural mineral material

เปล่า

plao — Bare, empty, plain, or naked without covering

สาม

sam — Three, the number 3

ร้อย

roi — Hundred, the number 100

ฟุต

fut — Foot, a unit of length equal to 12 inches

เบื้องล่าง

bueang lang — Below, beneath, the lower area or level

ใกล้

klai — Near, close to, not far from something

ขอบ

khop — Edge, rim, border of a surface or object

ผา

pha — Cliff, precipice, steep rocky face on a mountain

โดย

doi — By, through, by means of an agent or method

มี

mi — To have, there is, to possess something

เคียง

khiang — Beside, alongside, next to someone or something

บ่า

ba — Shoulder, the upper part of the arm and torso

ความคิด

khwam khit — Thought, idea, or notion in one's mind

เพ้อเจ้อ

phoecho — Rambling, frivolous, nonsensical or wild in thought

ไม่ได้

mai dai — Did not, could not; negation of ability or action

ไตร่ตรอง

trai trong — To deliberate, consider carefully, reflect before deciding

เข้า

khao — To enter, go into, move inward somewhere

ครอบงำ

khropngam — To dominate, overwhelm, take control of someone

ก็

ko — Then, also; discourse particle connecting clauses smoothly

ดึง

dueng — To pull, drag, or draw something toward oneself

ความสนใจ

khwam son jai — Interest, attention, curiosity toward something

มา

ma — To come, move toward the speaker's location

การทดลอง

kan thotlong — Experiment, trial, or test of something unknown

คิด

khit — To think, consider, or have a thought

ไว้

wai — To keep, retain, or hold in place for later

ใจ

jai — Heart, mind, inner feelings or emotions

กระโดด

kradot — To jump, leap, spring off the ground

สั่ง

sang — To order, command, or instruct someone to act

พลาง

phlang — While simultaneously, at the same time doing something

กวาด

kwat — To sweep, swing broadly across an area

แขน

khaen — Arm, the upper limb of the human body

ออก

ok — Out, to go out, emerge from inside

เหนือ

nuea — Above, over, north; higher in position or direction

เหว

heo — Abyss, chasm, deep pit or gorge below

ชั่วพริบตา

chua phrippta — In the blink of an eye, instantly, very quickly

ถัดมา

that ma — Next, following, the moment or item after

กำลัง

kamlang — Currently doing; also means strength or force

ปล้ำ

plam — To wrestle, struggle, or grapple with someone

กับ

kap — With, together with, against someone or something

ขอบผา

khop pha — Cliff edge, the rim of a steep precipice

สุดขีด

sut khit — Extreme, utmost, at the very limit of something

ขณะ

khana — While, at the moment when something is happening

กลับมา

klap ma — To return, come back to a previous place

ปลอดภัย

plot phai — Safe, secure, free from danger or harm

มัน

man — It; third person pronoun for things or animals

ช่าง

chang — How very; intensifying exclamatory particle in Thai

ประหลาด

pralat — Strange, weird, unusual, surprising or odd

เหลือเกิน

luea koen — Extremely, excessively, beyond normal degree

กล่าว

klao — To say, state, or declare formally in speech

หลังจาก

lang chak — After, following a particular event or time

เหตุการณ์

hetkan — Event, incident, occurrence that takes place

ผ่านพ้น

phan phon — To pass through, get over, surpass a situation

พูด

phut — To speak, talk, say words to someone

อีกครั้ง

ik khrang — Again, once more, another time

ส่าย

sai — To shake or sway side to side repeatedly

หัว

hua — Head, the top part of the body

ไม่

mai — No, not; negation particle in Thai language

งดงาม

ngot ngam — Beautiful, elegant, graceful and pleasing to see

น่า

na — Worth, deserving of; makes adjectives feel emotive

สะพรึงกลัว

saphrung klua — Terrifying, dreadful, causing great fear or dread

ด้วย

duai — Also, too, with, by means of something

เช่นกัน

chen kan — Likewise, the same, also, in the same way

รู้ไหม

ru mai — Do you know? A rhetorical or genuine question

บางครั้ง

bang khrang — Sometimes, occasionally, not always happening

ทำให้

tham hai — To cause, make, cause something to become

ฉัน

chan — I, me; first person pronoun, often used by women

รู้สึก

rusuk — To feel, sense, experience an emotion or sensation

กลัว

klua — To be afraid, scared, or frightened of something

อยากเป็น

yak pen — To want to be, desire to become something

คน

khon — Person, human being, individual people

แตะต้อง

tae tong — To touch, handle, or come into contact with

คุณ

khun — You; polite second person pronoun in Thai

แถวนี้

thaeo ni — Around here, in this area or vicinity

เลย

loei — At all, so, then; discourse intensifier or result marker

ประกาศ

prakat — To announce, declare, proclaim publicly

อย่าง

yang — In a manner, kind of, as, like something

เด็ดขาด

det khat — Absolutely, decisively, firmly without any doubt

พยักหน้า

phayak na — To nod one's head in agreement or acknowledgment

ทาง

thang — Way, path, route, direction to somewhere

คือ

khue — Is, are, means; equating or defining something

คำพูด

kham phut — Words, speech, spoken statement or utterance

ข้า

kha — I, me; archaic or humble first person pronoun

เอง

eng — Self, oneself, by oneself, personally

เหมือนกัน

muean kan — Same, alike, the same as another thing

เกิดขึ้น

koet khuen — To happen, occur, take place, come about

เมือง

mueang — City, town, or urban settlement

ก่อน

kon — Before, previously, prior to an event or time

ปี

pi — Year, a period of twelve months

นั้น

nan — That, those; demonstrative pronoun pointing to something

สิ้นสุด

sin sut — To end, conclude, terminate, come to a finish

ลง

long — Down, downward, to decrease or descend

ความหวาดกลัว

khwam wat klua — Fear, terror, a feeling of great fright

เป็นจริง

pen ching — To become real, come true, be realized

ขึ้นมา

khuen ma — To come up, rise, emerge upward toward here

ชาย

chai — Man, male, a male person or shore

อารมณ์

arom — Mood, emotion, temperament, or feeling state

ร้าย

rai — Bad, wicked, mean, harmful or dangerous

มุ่งร้าย

mung rai — To harbor malice, intend harm toward someone

หาเรื่อง

ha rueang — To pick a fight, look for trouble intentionally

ทะเลาะ

thalo — To quarrel, argue, have a verbal dispute

ใหม่หัดเดิน

mai hat doen — Newcomer, novice, one new to a place or skill

บาร์

ba — Bar, a place where drinks are served

ก้าวเข้ามา

kao khao ma — To step in, walk into a situation or place

ขวางกลาง

khwang klang — To block, stand in the middle obstructing passage

ไมตรีจิต

maitri chit — Goodwill, friendliness, kind and benevolent intention