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| ยัก yakH |  |
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| 1. | to shrug; to move up and down |
| 2. | [of fish fins, barb or hook] to prick |
| 3. | not at all |
| 4. | to misappropriate; to embezzle |
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| Phonemic Thai | ยัก |
| IPA | ják |
| Royal Thai General System | yak |
| alternate spelling | ยักกะ | yakH gaL | |
| 1. [verb, transitive] | |||
| definition | to shrug; to move up and down | ||
| examples | ยักไหล่  | yakH laiL | to shrug one's shoulders |
| ยักย้าย | yakH yaaiH | to shift; divert; transfer; change | |
| ยักคิ้ว | yakH khiuH | to raise one's eyebrows | |
| ยักแย่ยักยัน | yakH yaaeF yakH yanM | to stagger; walk awkwardly; | |
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| 2. [verb, intransitive, colloquial] | |||
| definition | [of fish fins, barb or hook] to prick | ||
| related words |  ตำ | dtamM | to pierce; puncture; prick |
| ทิ่ม | thimF | to pierce; gore; stab; poke | |
| แทง | thaaengM | to stab (in the back); to pierce; to puncture (a tire); to gore;to spear (fish); to penetrate (to the very heart); to enter (in a book);to make (a note) | |
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| 3. [adverb, colloquial] | |||
| definition | not at all | ||
| example | ไม่ยัก | maiF yakH | not too much; fairly; at all |
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| 4. [verb, transitive, colloquial] | |||
| definition | to misappropriate; to embezzle | ||
| related words | ขยัก | khaL yakL | to withhold some (amount); to save; to keep back or hold back some (amount) |
| เม้ม | memH | [of, for example, money] to withhold, save or keep back some (amount) | |
| ยักยอก | yakH yaawkF | [of money] to embezzle | |
| examples | ยักยอก | yakH yaawkF | [of money] to embezzle |
| ยักท่า | yakH thaaF | to trick; dupe; outwit; fool | |
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