Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedeach other; one anothercurated
together; jointly; altogetherwiktionary
to hinder; prevent; barwiktionary
to reservewiktionary
to set aside; keep out or awaywiktionary
Less common senses (4)
I; a first-person pronoun used when speaking to a male friendwiktionary
to shape, especially by shaving or trimmingwiktionary
a type of war elephant employed to surround and protect a military bodywiktionary
a type of royal barge used to protect a royal barge on both sideswiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesที่ที่คนอย่างฉัน เจอกันได้
The place where people like me find each other.
แต่ฉันคิดว่าเราก็เป็นคนเหมือนกัน
But I think we're all people just the same.
แต่ทำไมยังจำได้ว่า วันนี้เคยไปเชียงใหม่ด้วยกัน
But somehow I still remember that today is the day we went to Chiang Mai together.
แต่เราก็มีอะไรบางอย่างเหมือนกัน
But we also have something in common.
มันเป็นที่ที่คนได้เจอกันและคุยกัน
It's a place where people get to meet and talk.
Built from
From Proto-Tai *kanᴬ (“each other; together”). Cognate with Lao ກັນ (kan), Lü ᦂᧃ (k̇an), Shan ၵၼ် (kǎn), Ahom 𑜀𑜃𑜫 (kan). From Middle Chinese 干 (MC kan, “to shield; to protect”). Cognate with Lao ກັນ (kan), Tai Dam ꪀꪽ, Shan ၵၼ် (kǎn), Khmer កាល់ (kal). From Old Khmer កាល្ល៑ (kāll, “to trim close to the root or flush with the ground”). Cognate with Modern Khmer កាល់ (kal).