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”) (Jonsson, 1991), 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), 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)