กินแกลบ
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From กิน (gin, “to eat”) + แกลบ (glɛ̀ɛp, “rice hull”); literally "to eat rice hulls".
Pronunciation edit
| Orthographic | กินแกลบ k i n æ k l ɓ | |
| Phonemic | กิน-แกฺลบ k i n – æ k ̥ l ɓ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | gin-glɛ̀ɛp |
| Royal Institute | kin-klaep | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kin˧.klɛːp̚˨˩/(R) | |
Verb edit
กินแกลบ • (gin-glɛ̀ɛp)
- (idiomatic, figuratively referring to the situation in which a person has to consume rice hulls instead of actual rice) to be impoverished; to be in poverty.
- (idiomatic, obsolete, from the behaviour of pigs) to be idiotic; to be stupid; to be unintelligent.