Shopping and moneybasket; shopping cart (in apps) noun
- dtà low
- grâa falling
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
- Falling: start high and drop clearly, like a firm “No!”
Classifier: ใบbai · counting word for hats, bags, cards and leaves
How to use it
ตะกร้าdtà-grâa is a basket, and in shopping apps it's the cart: ใส่ตะกร้าsài dtà-grâa, "put in the basket", is the add-to-cart button. A supermarket trolley is a รถเข็นrót-kěn, a "push vehicle", the same word as a street-food cart.
Don't confuse it with ตะกร้อdtà-grâw, the rattan ball of the kick-volleyball game sepak takraw.
Don't mix it up
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ตะกร้อdtà-grâw
takraw ball (rattan); sepak takraw
Ends in -aw: the rattan ball.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- takra
- ta kra
- takraa
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