คับ

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicคับ
g ạ ɓ
RomanizationPaiboonkáp
Royal Institutekhap
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰap̚˦˥/(R)
Homophones
 
ครรภ
คัป
คัพภ์

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɡapᴰˢ⁴ (narrow; tight; confined),[1] from Proto-Tai *ɡapᴰ (tight; narrow),[2] possibly from Middle Chinese (MC heap, “narrow”) (which became doublet of แคบ (kɛ̂ɛp)).

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Northern Thai ᨣᩢ᩠ᨷ, Lao ຄັບ (khap), ᦅᧇ (kab), Tai Dam ꪁꪚꪾ, Shan ၵပ်ႉ (kâ̰p).

In Central Tai, cognate with Tày cặp.

In Northern Tai, Zhuang gaeb.

In other Tai, Zuojiang Zhuang kaep (Chongzuo and Ningming dialects)[3] or gaeb (Longzhou and Daxin dialects).[3]

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)

References

  1. ^ Jonsson, Nanna L. (1991) Proto Southwestern Tai (Doctoral dissertation), Department of Humanistic Studies, The State University of New York at Albany
  2. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 344
  3. 3.0 3.1 Zhang, Junru (张 均如); et al. (1999) 壮语方言研究 [A Study of Zhuang Dialects] (in Chinese), Chengdu: Sichuan Ethnic Publishing House (四川民族出版社), page 770