ตบ

See also: ตับ and ตื้บ

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *tɤpᴰ (to slap).[1]

Cognate with Lao ຕົບ (top), Shan တူပ်း (túup), Zhuang doep (to slap) and dop (to clap) (dialectal).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicตบ
t ɓ
RomanizationPaiboondtòp
Royal Institutetop
(standard) IPA(key)/top̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

ตบ • (dtòp) (abstract noun การตบ)

  1. to slap; to clap.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 354