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พัก

pákadverbtonehigh tonehigh
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#498 most common1 syllablein 8 readings

Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1adv.

for a whilelexitron

2adv.

for a timelexitron

3n.

while; moment; periodwiktionary

4v.

to break; to pause; to halt(intransitive, transitive)wiktionary

5v.

to suspend: to debar or discontinue temporarily(transitive)wiktionary

6v.

to rest; to repose(intransitive, transitive)wiktionary

7v.

to lodge; to quarter; to board; to sojourn(intransitive)wiktionary

8v.

to stay; to hold; to detain; to confine(transitive)wiktionary

9cls.

Classifier for an interval or period of timewiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

แล้วเราก็นั่งพักด้วยกันก่อนกลับ

Then we sit and rest together before going home.

James · กาญจนบุรีfrom งานกลางคืน →

ทำให้คนยุ่งๆ ได้มีเวลาพัก

In a country where everything is fast —

Ploy · เชียงใหม่from วันพระ →

Built from

From Proto-Tai *bakᴰ (“to rest”). Cognate with Lao ພັກ (phak), Lü ᦗᧅ (pak) or ᦘᧅ (phak), Zhuang baeg (“to be tired; to gasp”). Compare Khmer ភ័ក (phĕək) and Old Chinese 泊 (OC *baːɡ).