the law; laws

the Laws of Gravity (Newton)

customary law in the international context

to press; compress; thrust; constrain; compel, force; squash; hit, click (a button or keyboard key)

[ความกด] pressure

to tyrranize or oppress

to ring (a bell)

[ปลากด] catfish

[แม่กด] the third of the "Eight Word Ending Protocols" in Thai grammar, the "-d" and "-t" sound at the end of a syllable, a dead ending [see notes]

to dunk down into the water

[Thai customary and dutiful kindness, deference, gratitude, and reciprocation towards elders] [is] deferential; grateful for

[อกตัญญู] [is] ungrateful

[ความกตัญญู] gratitude

to clear (land) of weeds and plant debris; dig out; grub; eradicate

[is] absorbed in; [is] deep in; engrossed in

to reproach; abuse; curse; swear

cigarette butt

[alternate spelling of กนิษฐา]

[abbreviation for คณะกรรมการประชาชนเพื่อเปลี่ยนแปลงประเทศไทยให้เป็นประชาธิปไตยที่สมบูรณ์อันมีพระมหากษัตริย์เป็นประมุข] PDRC

[abbreviation for กองทุนเงินให้กู้ยืมเพื่อการศึกษา] SLF

nucleic acid

Territorial Defense Department

Department of Corrections

referee; umpire

to rewind or fast-forward a cassette tape

[กระจิ๋ว] [is] small; tiny

convex mirror

[is] very small; tiny; miniscule

to strengthen one’s power

to revolt against the government

colored paper

[กระดิกกระเดี้ย] to move oneself

[ต้นกระถิน] [small tree with feathery leaves] Acacia farnisiana

[กระถินณรงค์] earpod wattle Acacia auriculiformus

[alternate spelling of กะทันหัน ]

club; staff; stick; pole; rod; cane; baton; cudgel; bludgeon; truncheon; lathi; bat

wallet; change purse

[นกกระเรียน] a [type of] bird, the crane

to hit; strike; attack

to pound; to hammer (at); to batter; to bang (on)

to prostrate oneself as a sign of religious respect