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| 1. | severe; serious; extreme; confirmed |
| 2. | over-ripe; very old; very tired |
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| Phonemic Thai | งอม |
| IPA | ŋɔːm |
| Royal Thai General System | ngom |
| 1. [adjective] | |||
| definition | severe; serious; extreme; confirmed | ||
| example | งอมแงม | ngaawmM ngaaemM | extremely; severely; almost to death; beyond recovery; thoroughly bad |
| 2. [adjective] | |||
| definition | over-ripe; very old; very tired | ||
| example | สุกงอม | sookL ngaawmM | [is] mature; ripe |
| sample sentence | ทำงานโรงงานเนี่ยนะ จะเหนื่อยแย่ก็จริง แต่ก็ดีกว่าจะหาเศษหาเลยจากอ้ายพวกฝรั่ง งอม ๆ ตกต่ำเป็นไหน ๆ นะโว้ย  thamM ngaanM ro:hngM ngaanM niiaF naH jaL neuuayL yaaeF gaawF jingM dtaaeL gaawF deeM gwaaL jaL haaR saehtL haaR leeuyM jaakL aaiF phuaakF faL rangL ngaawmM dtohkL dtamL bpenM naiR naiR naH wooyH "See, ya know - working in a factory, true - it’s exhausting - but it’s a helluva lot better than looking for scraps from those over the hill, broke farangs any day of the week!" | ||