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ถึง

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See also: ถัง and ถุง

Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicถึง
tʰ ụ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboontʉ̌ng
Royal Institutethueng
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰɯŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *tʰɤŋᴬ¹ (to arrive; to reach) (Pittayaporn, 2008), from Proto-Tai *C̬.tɤŋᴬ (to arrive). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨳᩮᩥ᩠ᨦ, Lao ເຖິງ (thœng), Shan ထိုင် (thǔeng), Ahom 𑜌𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (thüṅ), Zhuang daengz. Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui dangl and Lingao [ɗɔŋ¹]. Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datəŋ (whence Malay datang, Tagalog dating).

Alternative forms

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Verb

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ถึง (tʉ̌ng) (abstract noun การถึง)

  1. (ambitransitive) to arrive (at, in, on, etc); to reach; to attain
  2. (transitive, sometimes preposed by the object) to have or contain sufficiently
  3. (transitive) to meet (a criterion, requirement, etc)

Preposition

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ถึง (tʉ̌ng)

  1. to; into
  2. to the extent of; to the degree of; to the point of; as far as; as much as; up to
  3. until

Conjunction

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ถึง (tʉ̌ng)

  1. even though; even if
  2. (colloquial) thus; then

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Teochew  / (teng3, hot; to heat up).

Noun

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ถึง (tʉ̌ng)

  1. (now rare) steam cooker
    Synonyms: ลังถึง (lang-tʉ̌ng), ซึ้ง (sʉ́ng)