Months of the year
The names of the months of the year in Thai are long, very different from English and typically difficult for learners of Thai to remember. The names are derived from the names of signs of the Zodiac in Thai, combined with the suffix อาคม aa-kom or อายน aa-yon both of which mean "the arrival of...". Only February has a different suffix, พันธ์ pan , which means "the tying of...".