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| อา aaM |
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| 1. | aunt; younger sister of father |
| 2. | uncle; younger brother of father |
| 3. | [Chinese: a title of respect, similar to the Thai word คุณ  ] |
| 4. | [an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance] Ah... |
| 5. | [the sound you make when something dawns on you] Ah... |
| 6. | [pronunciation of the Thai vowel, า ] |
| 7. | [European pronunciation of the vowel 'A'] |
| 8. | vocational (colloquial for อาชีวะ ) |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | อา |
| IPA | ʔaː |
| Royal Thai General System | a |
| 1. [noun] | |||
| definition | aunt; younger sister of father | ||
| classifier | คน | khohnM | [numerical classifier for a person or occupation] |
| categories | |||
| examples | อาผู้หญิง | aaM phuuF yingR | aunt; younger sister of father |
| คนพันธุ์อา | khohnM phanM aaM | vocational school student | |
| รุ่นพี่ป้าน้าอา | roonF pheeF bpaaF naaH aaM | an older generation; a group more senior than the speaker | |
| sample sentences | |||
แต่ครั้งนี้ด้วยความรีบเร่งที่ออกจากคอร์สเพราะเป็นห่วงอาที่กำลังให้เลือดอยู่ในโรงพยาบาล ทำให้จิตตกอยู่กับความคิดกังวลซะมากกว่า dtaaeL khrangH neeH duayF khwaamM reepF rengF theeF aawkL jaakL khaawsF phrawH bpenM huaangL aaM theeF gamM langM haiF leuuatF yuuL naiM ro:hngM phaH yaaM baanM thamM haiF jitL dtohkL yuuL gapL khwaamM khitH gangM wohnM saH maakF gwaaL "But this time, since I was so rushed leaving the course because I was worried about my aunt who was giving blood at the hospital, my thoughts were worried more [about her than about the handbag]." | |||
| 2. [noun] | |||
| definition | uncle; younger brother of father | ||
| categories | |||
| examples | อาผู้ชาย | aaM phuuF chaaiM | uncle; younger brother of father |
| ลุงป้าน้าอา | loongM bpaaF naaH aaM | aunts and uncles | |
| sample sentence | |||
| 3. [particle, Chinese] | |||
| definition | [Chinese: a title of respect, similar to the Thai word คุณ ] | ||
| as a prefix | อาตี๋  | aaM dteeR | [แต้จิ๋ว dialect] a Chinese boy |
| 4. [interjection, onomatopoeia] | |||
| definition | [an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance] Ah... | ||
| categories | |||
| 5. [interjection, onomatopoeia] | |||
| definition | [the sound you make when something dawns on you] Ah... | ||
| categories | |||
| 6. | |||
| definition | [pronunciation of the Thai vowel, า ] | ||
| categories | |||
| example | สระอา | saL raL aaM | [name of] the Thai vowel symbol, 'า' |
| 7. | |||
| definition | [European pronunciation of the vowel 'A'] | ||
| example | เซเรย อา | saehM reeuyM aaM | Serie A, the top Italian soccer league |
| 8. [adjective] | |||
| definition | vocational (colloquial for อาชีวะ ) | ||
