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“Button” in Thai is ปุ่มbpùm; you'll also hear กระดุมgrà-dum (on clothes).
ปุ่ม bpùm
button (to press), key noun
- bpùm low
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
กระดุม grà-dum
button (on clothes) noun
- grà low
- dum mid
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
How to use it
Thai has two words. ปุ่มbpùm is a button you press, on a lift, a remote or an app: กดปุ่มgòt bpùm, press the button. A button on a shirt is a กระดุมgrà-dum, counted with เม็ดmét, the word for pills and small round things; buttoning up is ติดกระดุมdtìt grà-dum.
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:
- pum
- poom
- kradum
- kra dum
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