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| อู้ uuF |  |
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| 1. | [onomatopoeic sound of wind] woooo; woosh |
| 2. | to dawdle; linger; loaf |
| 3. | loudly; aloud |
| 4. | to negotiate a tricky situation; to play for time |
| 5. | [Northern dialect] to speak |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | อู้ |
| IPA | ʔûː |
| Royal Thai General System | u |
| 1. [interjection] | |||
| definition | [onomatopoeic sound of wind] woooo; woosh | ||
| categories | |||
| example | เสียงลมพัดอู้  | siiangR lohmM phatH uuF | a loud sound of the blowing wind |
| as a suffix | ขลุ่ยอู้ | khluyL uuF | [musical] Thai flute, largest sized |
| ซออู้ | saawM uuF | a two-stringed bass fiddle; low-pitched violin; a Thai fiddle with a sound in the alto range | |
| 2. | |||
| definition | to dawdle; linger; loaf | ||
| synonym | ถ่วงเวลา | thuaangL waehM laaM | to stall for time |
| antonym | รีบเร่ง | reepF rengF | to hurry or rush off in a hurry; scurry |
| example | อู้งาน | uuF ngaanM | to perform one’s work lazily; to slow down one’s work |
| 3. [adverb, formal] | |||
| definition | loudly; aloud | ||
| example | อุดอู้ | ootL uuF | [of the weather and feeling] stuffy; airless |
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| 4. [verb, colloquial] | |||
| definition | to negotiate a tricky situation; to play for time | ||
| 5. [verb, transitive, intransitive, colloquial] | |||
| definition | [Northern dialect] to speak | ||
| categories | |||
| example | อู้กำเมือง | uuF gamM meuuangM | [Northern dialect] to speak the local tongue |
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