ตก

See also: ตึก

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *tokᴰ (to drop). Cognate with Lao ຕົກ (tok), ᦷᦎᧅ (ṫok), Shan တူၵ်း (túuk), Ahom 𑜄𑜤𑜀𑜫 (tuk), Bouyei dogt, Zhuang doek.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicตก
t k
RomanizationPaiboondtòk
Royal Institutetok
(standard) IPA(key)/tok̚˨˩/(R)
Audio

Verb

ตก • (dtòk) (abstract noun การตก)

  1. to drop, fall, fall (straight) down (from, into, onto)
    ฝนกำลังตก
    fǒn gam-lang dtòk
    It's raining.
  2. to fall off, drop off, decrease, diminish
  3. (of the ears, tail, etc.) to droop
  4. (of the sun, moon) to set

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ตก” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.