Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedislandlexitron
holdlexitron
cling; arrest; catch; grab; takelexitron
islelexitron
tract of land surrounded by water: isle, island, islet, etcwiktionary
used as a title for such tract of landwiktionary
grove; thicket; copse(archaic)wiktionary
to grab; to grasp; to grip; to seize; to clutch(transitive)wiktionary
to apprehend; to arrest(obsolete, transitive)wiktionary
to adhere (to); to stick (to); to cling (to)(transitive)wiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesโรงเรียนอยู่บนเกาะอีกเกาะหนึ่ง
My school is on another island.
ครั้งแรกฉันไปเกาะเล็กๆ ในภาคใต้ คนเดียวสามวัน
The first time, I went to a small island in the south, alone for three days.
นั่งเรือดูเกาะ กินอาหารทะเลที่ร้านริมน้ำ
Taking boats to see islands, eating seafood at waterside restaurants.
ฉันตอบ "เกาะลันตา" "เกาะพะงัน" "เกาะตาชัย"
I answer, "Koh Lanta," "Koh Phangan," "Koh Tachai."
Built from
Borrowed from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tkɔɔʔ ~ *tkɔɔh (“island”). Cognate with Mon တကံ (tkɔˀ), Khmer កោះ (kɑh), Chong kɑʔ, Nyah Kur เกาะ, Lao ເກາະ (kǫ), Vietnamese gò and Mal kɔʔ. Cognate with Lao ເກາະ (kǫ).