Reach for in Thai

“Reach for” in Thai is เอื้อมûeam.

เอื้อม ûeam

to stretch out (your hand) for verb

ûeam falling

Start on the long uue of มือmuue and glide to a, with a falling tone: ûeam.

สูงเกินเอื้อมsǔung goen ûeam = out of reach.

You'll hear it in Nicotine (นิโคติน).

How to use it

เอื้อมûeam is stretching out your hand or your whole arm to get to something: เอื้อมไม่ถึงûeam mâi tǔeng, I can't reach it. สูงเกินเอื้อมsǔung goen ûeam, too high to reach, also describes a person or a dream out of your league. Getting to a place is ถึงtǔeng, and reaching someone by phone is ติดต่อdtìt-dtàw.

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:

uam
euam
eaum

Song Nicotine (นิโคติน) The song that made Mirrr: sung by someone who is only ever a comfort, always there when the one they love is lonely or let down, though they know they'll be dropped in the end, like a cigarette. Its lines teach never going anywhere, beyond your reach, that's all I get, it's okay, whenever, even though, getting better and caring about someone.

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