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The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Volume II - 2010 Udom Warotamasikkhadit 67 g. phaayú maa l ŋ lom phát rææŋ s am s i ʔ ûu storm come after wind blow strong three four time ‘The storm came after the sound of a strong wind blowing 3-4 times.’ h. kràs n da ŋ phàan ʔ aakàat khâam hûa pay pen r y r y bullet loud through air over head go be hundred hundred fíaw time ‘Bullets were heard many hundreds of times going through the air over our heads.’ 1.8 Miscellaneous classifiers for different sentence or verb phrases a. th əə làp pay s am t n 4 s amii yaŋ mây klàp bâan she asleep go three awakening husband still not return home ‘She was asleep and woke up three times, but her husband did not return home.’ b. tháŋ khûu yâaŋ s am kh m khâw h a kan all both walk three step toward meet each other ‘Both step forwards toward each other triumphantly.’ c. ph m t ŋ k æ bon cèt wát cèt waa I must pay vow seven temple seven monastery ‘I must pay a vow to fulfill my promise at seven temples.’ d. raw t ŋ phaay l ay câm h áy pay th ŋ fâak nóon we must paddle many quick stroke let go to bank opposite ‘We must paddle with many quick strokes to reach the opposite side.’ e. khun th y l ŋ pay n ŋ kâaw you move back go one step ‘You move back one step.’ f. p n yày yiŋ sàlùt yîi sìp ʔ èt nát cannon big fire salute twenty one shot ‘The cannons fire twenty one shots for a salute.’ g. kh w tham hâa t æm 5 tham hây raw pl y s a nâa he make five faux pas make let we follow suit loose face ‘He commits a faux pas and make us loose face.’ 4 It is strange to find that a classifier of being asleep is the verb meaning ‘waken.’ 5 The literal meaning of h â a t æ m is five points but it is an idiom meaning ‘to commit a faux pas.’