See ว่า in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "I don't want you to return to Chiang Mai anymore. Come [and] live together near this very place. I think [I] will to give the buildings at Pak Nam Pho to both of you. [If] you two, husband [and] wife, want to do [any] business whatsoever, just go consult each other.",
"ref": "2019 April 24, ยิ่งยศ ปัญญา, 03:55 from the start, in ลองกอดหนูดูสิม้า (กรงกรรม), spoken by ย้อย อัศวรุ่งเรืองกิจ (ใหม่ เจริญปุระ), Bangkok: Channel 3, retrieved 2019-07-30:",
"roman": "máa mâi yàak hâi eng glàp bpai chiiang-mài lɛ́ɛo lâ · maa yùu dûai-gan sǐia glâi glâi tîi-nîi lɛ̀ · máa wâa jà yók dtʉ̀k tîi bpàak-nám-poo hâi eng táng sɔ̌ɔng kon · eng sɔ̌ɔng kon pǔua miia yàak jà káa-kǎai à-rai gɔ̂ bpai bprʉ̀k-sǎa gan",
"text": "ม้าไม่อยากให้เอ็งกลับไปเชียงใหม่แล้วล่ะ มาอยู่ด้วยกันเสียใกล้ ๆ ที่นี่แหละ ม้าว่าจะยกตึกที่ปากน้ำโพให้เอ็งทั้งสองคน เอ็งสองคนผัวเมียอยากจะค้าขายอะไรก็ไปปรึกษากัน",
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"word": "รู้ไว้ใช่ว่า ใส่บ่าแบกหาม"
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"english": "[In] the year 781, the Year of the Pig, there came the tidings that Phra Maha Thammarachathirat the Lord had passed into eternity and all the northern towns fell into turbulency.",
"ref": "1681, พระราชพงศาวดารกรุงเก่า ฉบับหลวงประเสริฐ, Bangkok: โรงพิมพ์ไทย, published 1907, page 3:",
"roman": "sàk-gà-ràat · jèt-rɔ́ɔi bpɛ̀ɛt-sìp èt · gun sòk · mii kàao maa wâa · prá má-hǎa tam-má-raa-chaa-tí-râat jâao ná-rʉ́-paan lɛɛ mʉʉang nʉ̌ʉa táng-bpuuang bpen jà-laa-jon",
"text": "ศักราช ๗๘๑ กุญศก มีข่าวมาว่า พระมหาธรรมราชาธิราชเจ้านฤพานแลเมืองเหนือทั้งปวงเปนจลาจล",
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"english": "I had spoken with Chaophraya Witchayen that this man, indeed, befitted being a royal diplomat [for] going out to France.",
"ref": "1926, สิน เฉลิมเผ่า, ประชุมพงศาวดาร ภาคที่ ๓๔, Bangkok: โรงพิมพ์โสภณพิพรรฒธนากร, page 10:",
"roman": "kâa-pá-jâao dâai pûut gàp jâao-prá-yaa wít-chá-yeen wâa · chaai kon níi lɛɛ sǒm-kuuan tîi jà bpen râat-chá-tûut ɔ̀ɔk bpai mʉʉang fà-ràng-sèet",
"text": "ข้าพเจ้าได้พูดกับเจ้าพระยาวิชเยนทรว่า ชายคนนี้แลสมควรที่จะเปนราชทูตออกไปเมืองฝรั่งเศส",
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"english": "If there is a reasonable cause to believe that the alleged offender or accused person is a person of unsound mind and is unable to defend [his] case, the inquiry officer or court, as the case may be, shall order a medical officer to examine such person...",
"ref": "1935 June 10, “ประมวลกฎหมายวิธีพิจารณาความอาญา”, in ห้องสมุดกฎหมาย, Bangkok: สำนักงานคณะกรรมการกฤษฎีกา, archived from the original on 2020-10-04:",
"roman": "tâa mii hèet kuuan chʉ̂ʉa wâa · pûu-dtɔ̂ng-hǎa rʉ̌ʉ jam-ləəi bpen pûu wí-gon-jà-rìt lɛ́ mâi sǎa-mâat dtɔ̀ɔ-sûu ká-dii dâai · hâi pá-nák-ngaan-sɔ̀ɔp-sǔuan rʉ̌ʉ sǎan · lɛ́ɛo-dtɛ̀ɛ-gɔɔ-rá-nii · sàng hâi pá-nák-ngaan pɛ̂ɛt dtrùuat pûu nán ...",
"text": "ถ้ามีเหตุควรเชื่อว่า ผู้ต้องหาหรือจำเลยเป็นผู้วิกลจริตและไม่สามารถต่อสู้คดีได้ ให้พนักงานสอบสวนหรือศาล แล้วแต่กรณี สั่งให้พนักงานแพทย์ตรวจผู้นั้น...",
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"english": "persons under Siamese protection who were accused of having committed offences [or] breaches of law against people under French protection",
"ref": "1894 February 5, “พระราชบัญญัติตั้งศาลรับสั่งเปนการพิเศษครั้งหนึ่งสำหรับชำระคนในบังคับสยามที่ต้องหาว่า กระทำความร้ายผิดกฎหมายที่ทุ่งเชียงคำ แลที่แก่งเจ๊ก เมืองคำมวญ”, in ราชกิจจานุเบกษา, volume 40, number 46, Bangkok, page 500:",
"roman": "kon nai bang-káp sà-yǎam pûu dtɔ̂ng hǎa wâa · grà-tam kwaam-ráai pìt gòt-mǎai dtɔ̀ɔ kon nai bang-káp fà-ràng-sèet",
"text": "คนในบังคับสยามผู้ต้องหาว่า กระทำความร้ายผิดกฎหมายต่อคนในบังคับฝรั่งเศส",
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"english": "I don't want you to return to Chiang Mai anymore. Come [and] live together near this very place. I think [I] will to give the buildings at Pak Nam Pho to both of you. [If] you two, husband [and] wife, want to do [any] business whatsoever, just go consult each other.",
"ref": "2019 April 24, ยิ่งยศ ปัญญา, 03:55 from the start, in ลองกอดหนูดูสิม้า (กรงกรรม), spoken by ย้อย อัศวรุ่งเรืองกิจ (ใหม่ เจริญปุระ), Bangkok: Channel 3, retrieved 2019-07-30:",
"roman": "máa mâi yàak hâi eng glàp bpai chiiang-mài lɛ́ɛo lâ · maa yùu dûai-gan sǐia glâi glâi tîi-nîi lɛ̀ · máa wâa jà yók dtʉ̀k tîi bpàak-nám-poo hâi eng táng sɔ̌ɔng kon · eng sɔ̌ɔng kon pǔua miia yàak jà káa-kǎai à-rai gɔ̂ bpai bprʉ̀k-sǎa gan",
"text": "ม้าไม่อยากให้เอ็งกลับไปเชียงใหม่แล้วล่ะ มาอยู่ด้วยกันเสียใกล้ ๆ ที่นี่แหละ ม้าว่าจะยกตึกที่ปากน้ำโพให้เอ็งทั้งสองคน เอ็งสองคนผัวเมียอยากจะค้าขายอะไรก็ไปปรึกษากัน",
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"english": "[In] the year 781, the Year of the Pig, there came the tidings that Phra Maha Thammarachathirat the Lord had passed into eternity and all the northern towns fell into turbulency.",
"ref": "1681, พระราชพงศาวดารกรุงเก่า ฉบับหลวงประเสริฐ, Bangkok: โรงพิมพ์ไทย, published 1907, page 3:",
"roman": "sàk-gà-ràat · jèt-rɔ́ɔi bpɛ̀ɛt-sìp èt · gun sòk · mii kàao maa wâa · prá má-hǎa tam-má-raa-chaa-tí-râat jâao ná-rʉ́-paan lɛɛ mʉʉang nʉ̌ʉa táng-bpuuang bpen jà-laa-jon",
"text": "ศักราช ๗๘๑ กุญศก มีข่าวมาว่า พระมหาธรรมราชาธิราชเจ้านฤพานแลเมืองเหนือทั้งปวงเปนจลาจล",
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"english": "I had spoken with Chaophraya Witchayen that this man, indeed, befitted being a royal diplomat [for] going out to France.",
"ref": "1926, สิน เฉลิมเผ่า, ประชุมพงศาวดาร ภาคที่ ๓๔, Bangkok: โรงพิมพ์โสภณพิพรรฒธนากร, page 10:",
"roman": "kâa-pá-jâao dâai pûut gàp jâao-prá-yaa wít-chá-yeen wâa · chaai kon níi lɛɛ sǒm-kuuan tîi jà bpen râat-chá-tûut ɔ̀ɔk bpai mʉʉang fà-ràng-sèet",
"text": "ข้าพเจ้าได้พูดกับเจ้าพระยาวิชเยนทรว่า ชายคนนี้แลสมควรที่จะเปนราชทูตออกไปเมืองฝรั่งเศส",
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"english": "If there is a reasonable cause to believe that the alleged offender or accused person is a person of unsound mind and is unable to defend [his] case, the inquiry officer or court, as the case may be, shall order a medical officer to examine such person...",
"ref": "1935 June 10, “ประมวลกฎหมายวิธีพิจารณาความอาญา”, in ห้องสมุดกฎหมาย, Bangkok: สำนักงานคณะกรรมการกฤษฎีกา, archived from the original on 2020-10-04:",
"roman": "tâa mii hèet kuuan chʉ̂ʉa wâa · pûu-dtɔ̂ng-hǎa rʉ̌ʉ jam-ləəi bpen pûu wí-gon-jà-rìt lɛ́ mâi sǎa-mâat dtɔ̀ɔ-sûu ká-dii dâai · hâi pá-nák-ngaan-sɔ̀ɔp-sǔuan rʉ̌ʉ sǎan · lɛ́ɛo-dtɛ̀ɛ-gɔɔ-rá-nii · sàng hâi pá-nák-ngaan pɛ̂ɛt dtrùuat pûu nán ...",
"text": "ถ้ามีเหตุควรเชื่อว่า ผู้ต้องหาหรือจำเลยเป็นผู้วิกลจริตและไม่สามารถต่อสู้คดีได้ ให้พนักงานสอบสวนหรือศาล แล้วแต่กรณี สั่งให้พนักงานแพทย์ตรวจผู้นั้น...",
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"as; that; as follows."
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"synonyms": [
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"word": "ที่"
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"english": "persons under Siamese protection who were accused of having committed offences [or] breaches of law against people under French protection",
"ref": "1894 February 5, “พระราชบัญญัติตั้งศาลรับสั่งเปนการพิเศษครั้งหนึ่งสำหรับชำระคนในบังคับสยามที่ต้องหาว่า กระทำความร้ายผิดกฎหมายที่ทุ่งเชียงคำ แลที่แก่งเจ๊ก เมืองคำมวญ”, in ราชกิจจานุเบกษา, volume 40, number 46, Bangkok, page 500:",
"roman": "kon nai bang-káp sà-yǎam pûu dtɔ̂ng hǎa wâa · grà-tam kwaam-ráai pìt gòt-mǎai dtɔ̀ɔ kon nai bang-káp fà-ràng-sèet",
"text": "คนในบังคับสยามผู้ต้องหาว่า กระทำความร้ายผิดกฎหมายต่อคนในบังคับฝรั่งเศส",
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"as to; regarding; concerning."
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"ipa": "/waː˥˩/",
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}
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"word": "ว่า"
}
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