กับ

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See also: กบ and กีบ

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicกับ
k ạ ɓ
RomanizationPaiboongàp
Royal Institutekap
(standard) IPA(key)/kap̚˨˩/(R)
Homophonesกัป

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *kapᴰ (with; and). Cognate with Lao ກັບ (kap), ᦂᧇ (k̇ab), Shan ၵပ်း (káp). Compare to Cantonese gap6 (MC *ɡˠiɪp̚).

Conjunction

กับ (gàp)

  1. and; as well as.

Adverb

กับ (gàp)

  1. also; as well.

Preposition

กับ (gàp)

  1. with; together with; along with.
    ไปกับใคร
    bpai gàp krai
    With whom do go?
    เห็นกับตา
    hěn gàp dtaa
    to see with eyes
    เล่นกับไฟ
    lên gàp fai
    to play with a fire
  2. used to indicate a point, person, etc, reached or approached, a relation, condition, amount, etc: to; towards; etc.
    เท่ากับ
    tâo gàp
    equivalent to; amounting to; equal to
    ฝากปลากับแมว
    fàak bplaa gàp mɛɛo
    to entrust a cat with a fish
    (literally) to entrust a fish to a cat
  3. to; in opposition or opposite direction to; against; hostile to; versus.
    เขาร้ายกับฉัน
    kǎo ráai gàp chǎn
    He's bad to me.
    แข่งกับเวลา
    kɛ̀ng gàp wee-laa
    race against the clock
  4. used to indicate a place, location, spot, etc: on; upon; at; etc.
    นอนกับพื้น
    nɔɔn gàp pʉ́ʉn
    to lie on the ground
rice and accompanying dishes

Noun

กับ (gàp)

  1. accompanying dish to eat with rice.

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Etymology 2

Noun

กับ (gàp)

  1. (hunting) trap, gin
    Synonym: กับดัก (gàp-dàk)
  2. (figuratively) trap
    Synonym: อุบาย (ù-baai)
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