กอบ

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *koːpᴰ (“to take up in the two cupped hands”).[1]

Cognate with Lao ກອບ (kǭp), Tai Nüa ᥐᥩᥙᥱ (kǒap), Shan ၵွပ်ႇ (kàup), Bouyei goobt, Zhuang gop.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicกอบ
k ɒ ɓ
RomanizationPaiboongɔ̀ɔp
Royal Institutekop
(standard) IPA(key)/kɔːp̚˨˩/(R)
Homophonesกอปร

Verb

กอบ • (gɔ̀ɔp) (abstract noun การกอบ)

  1. to take something with the two hands cupped together; to scoop up with the hands.

Derived terms

  • กอบโกย
  • เป็นกอบเป็นกำ

Classifier

กอบ • (gɔ̀ɔp)

  1. Classifier for a handful of something.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 350
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