กำลัง
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circumference of the tree
being
in the act of; in the process of
Built from
Borrowed from Middle Khmer kuṃlāṃṅa (“strength; vigour; brawn; force; power; might; energy; clients; dependents; servants; helper; aid; ally”), Angkorian Old Khmer kanlāṅ, kanlaṅ (“strength; force; power; one who is strong or powerful”), or Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer kanlaṅ, kanlāṅ (“strength; force; power; one who is strong or powerful”); compare Modern Khmer កម្លាំង (kɑmlang). Cognate with Lao ກຳລັງ (kam lang). The Khmer word is derived from -m- infixation of the root ខ្លាំង (khlang, “strong; vigorous; robust”), whence also Thai ขลัง (klǎng, “magically potent; magical; having supernatural powers; miraculous”). Semantic extension of the "force, power" sense of Etymology 1. The auxiliary verb evolved from the noun senses and was first attested in mid-19ᵗʰ century writing. It supplanted the earlier postverbal auxiliary อยู่ (yùu, “to stay”) for marking the progressive or continuous aspect. The current use of preverbal กำลัง (gam-lang) is either in addition to, or instead of, postverbal อยู่ (yùu).
In a sentence
พจนานุกรมมโนทัศน์กำลังพัฒนาอยู่ที่อีดีอาร์
ลำต้นไม้ต้นหนึ่งมีกำลังสิบอ้อมแขน
From Wiktionary
force; strength; power; vigour.
power: product of equal factors.
power: rate of doing work.
preverbal auxiliary marking progressive or continuous aspect.
กำลัง (gam-lang) + verb + อยู่ (yùu): to be ...ing โทรศัพท์กำลังดังอยู่ too-rá-sàp gam-lang dang yùu The phone is ringing. มีคนกำลังว่ายน้ำอยู่ในแม่น้ำ mii kon gam-lang wâai-náam yùu nai mɛ̂ɛ-náam Someone is swimming in the river.
กำลัง (gam-lang) + verb: to be ...ing คนแก่คู่รักกำลังเดินเล่นในสวน kon gɛ̀ɛ kûu-rák gam-lang dəən lên nai sà-wá-ná- The old couple were in the park taking a walk.
กำลัง (gam-lang) + verb + จะ (jà): to be about to do แม่กำลังจะเตรียมอาหาร mɛ̂ɛ gam-lang jà dtriiam aa-hǎan Mum is/was about to prepare the food.
A note on usage
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