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Thai
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɡapᴰˢ⁴ (“narrow; tight; confined”)[1], from Proto-Tai *ɡapᴰ (“tight; narrow”)[2], possibly from Middle Chinese 狹 (MC heap, “narrow”) (which became doublet of แคบ (kɛ̂ɛp)).
Cognate with Northern Thai ᨣᩢ᩠ᨷ, Lao ຄັບ (khap), Lü ᦅᧇ (kab), Tai Dam ꪁꪚꪾ, Shan ၵပ်ႉ (kâ̰p), Zhuang gaeb, Zuojiang Zhuang kaep, Tày cặp.
Adjective
คับ • (káp) (abstract noun ความคับ)
- small; tight.
Etymology 2
Deliberate mistyping of ครับ (kráp).
Particle
คับ • (káp)
- (Internet slang) Alternative form of ครับ (kráp)
References
- ^ Jonsson, Nanna L. (1991) Proto Southwestern Tai, Ann Arbor: State University of New York at Albany MA thesis
- ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai, Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 344