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พัก

pákadverb

to rest

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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

ตอนนี้พักอยู่ใต้สะพาน รอฝนซา

Right now I'm resting under a bridge, waiting for the rain to ease.

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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).

Words built from it

พัก inside longer words
รอพักใหญ่wait a long whileพักนี้recently; lately (literally) this while; this periodสักพักfor a while; for a momentพักเที่ยงto break [at] noon; to take a noon breakพักเรียนto take a break [from] schoolพักการเรียนto suspend [someone from] schoolพักใบอนุญาตto suspend a licenceพักสายตาto rest [one's] eyesพักวิญญาณto rest [one's] soulบ่อพักน้ำsewer hole (literally) liquid-confining pit

A note on usage

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