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dtângadverb

to set up

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented

1v.

to set up; to establish; to erect; to foundwiktionary

2v.

to place; to put; to position; to setwiktionary

3v.

to appoint; to install (in a position)wiktionary

4v.

to set; to adjust (a mechanism)wiktionary

5adv.

as much as; as many as; up to (emphasizing a large amount)curated

6cls.

classifier for things piled or stacked on one anotherwiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

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I blocked him long ago.

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Built from

From Proto-Tai *taŋꟲ (“to erect”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩢ᩠᩶ᨦ, Lao ຕັ້ງ (tang), Lü ᦎᧂᧉ (ṫang²), Shan တင်ႈ (tāng), Ahom 𑜄𑜂𑜫 (taṅ), Zhuang daengj. TDP separates the "pile, time", "as many as", and "set, erect" senses, though it is likely they are etymologically connected.

Words built from it

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ตั้งชื่อto create a name ตั้งวงto form a band (of persons); to form a gathering (of persons)ตั้งกฎหมายto establish a law ตั้งนาฬิกาปลุกto set an alarm clock ตั้งราคาto set a price ตั้งครรภ์to start pregnancy; the pregnancy starts; to start being pregnant ตั้งกระทู้to start a thread (as on a webboard)