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| ครก khrohkH |  |
| Royal Institute - 1982 | ||||||||
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | คฺรก |
| IPA | kʰrók |
| Royal Thai General System | khrok |
| [noun] | |||
| definition | mortar (with a สาก  ); mortar (weapon) | ||
| classifier | อัน | anM | [numerical classifier for small things] |
| categories | |||
| related word | สาก | saakL | pestle |
| examples | เย็ดครก | yetH khrohkH | [a rude reprimand] |
| ขนมครก | khaL nohmR khrohkH | coconut milk cups: a Thai dessert | |
| แบกครกขึ้นเขา | baaekL khrohkH kheunF khaoR | to do something which is extremely difficult | |
| ปืนครก | bpeuunM khrohkH | mortar | |
| เข็นครกขึ้นภูเขา | khenR khrohkH kheunF phuuM khaoR | to roll a stone up a hill; [the myth of Sisyphus]; do something impossible | |
| ครกหิน | khrohkH hinR | mortar (used to grind food) made from stone | |
| sample sentence | ห้ามสาวโสดร้องเพลงในครัว เพราะจะทำให้มีแฟนเป็นคนแก่ หรือหาแฟนไม่ได้ แต่ถ้าตำครกเสียงดัง จะมีหนุ่มมาสู่ขอ haamF saaoR so:htL raawngH phlaehngM naiM khruaaM phrawH jaL thamM haiF meeM faaenM bpenM khohnM gaaeL reuuR haaR faaenM maiF daiF dtaaeL thaaF dtamM khrohkH siiangR dangM jaL meeM noomL maaM suuL khaawR "Young unmarried women should not sing in the kitchen because doing so will assure that they will get an old man for a husband or not be able to find any suitor at all. However, if the kitchen is full of the sound of a [pestle striking] a mortar, young suitors will come courting marriage." | ||
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