Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventeditchlexitron
sticklexitron
Amesiodendron sinensis (Merr.) Hulexitron
scratch; tickle; irritatelexitron
bow; rod; wand; long handlelexitron
rod; handlewiktionary
dike; ridgewiktionary
to itch(intransitive)wiktionary
Classifier for long articles, such as umbrella, vehicle, spoon, fork, etc. ⇒ all nouns using this classifierwiktionary
Classifier for vehicles other than carts. ⇒ all nouns using this classifierwiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesถ้าฉันพลาดคันนี้ วันนี้ก็ไม่มีรถกลับบ้านอีกแล้ว
If I missed this one, there'd be no ride home for the rest of the day.
ตอนเย็น ฉันยืนรอสองแถวคันสุดท้าย
In the evening, I stood waiting for the last songthaew.
Built from
From Proto-Tai *galᴬ (“handle; rod”). Cognate with Lao ຄັນ (khan), Tai Nüa ᥐᥢᥰ (kän), Zhuang gaenz, Zuojiang Zhuang kaenz. Compare Middle Chinese 杆 (MC kanH, “rod”). From Proto-Tai *ɣalᴬ (“dike between rice fields”). Cognate with Lao ຄັນ (khan), Lü ᦅᧃ (kan), Shan ၵၼ်း (kán), Zhuang haenz (“shore; dike”). From Proto-Tai *ɣalᴬ (“to itch”). Cognate with Isan คัน, Lao ຄັນ (khan), Northern Thai ᨤᩢ᩠ᨶ (xan⁴), Khün ᨤᩢ᩠ᨶ (khan⁴), Lü ᦆᧃ (xan), Shan ၶၼ်း (khán, “full of lascivious desire”), Tai Nüa ᥑᥢᥰ (xän, “sexually active”), Zhuang haenz.