คับ

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		คับ g ạ ɓ
Romanization	Paiboon	káp
	Royal Institute	khap
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰap̚˦˥/(R)
Homophones edit		ครรภ คัป คัพภ์

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɡapᴰˢ⁴ (“narrow; tight; confined”), from Proto-Tai *ɡapᴰ (“tight; narrow”), 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)

1. small; tight.

Etymology 2

Deliberate mistyping of ครับ (kráp).

Particle

คับ • (káp)

1. (Internet slang) Alternative form of ครับ (kráp)