Thai edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Possibly from Khmer សាំ (sam, repetitive, repetitious; to be repeated; repetition; etc), ultimately from Old Khmer sāṃ (to repeat, to do over and over again; to reproduce, to duplicate; to strike repeatedly; to ask repeatedly; to importune; to visit repeatedly; etc) + តាប់ (tap, to do something repeatedly; to repeat over and over again; to scold again and again; etc).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicสำทับ
s å d ạ ɓ
Phonemic
สำ-ทับ
s å – d ạ ɓ
RomanizationPaiboonsǎm-táp
Royal Institutesam-thap
(standard) IPA(key)/sam˩˩˦.tʰap̚˦˥/(R)

Verb edit

สำทับ (sǎm-táp) (abstract noun การสำทับ)

  1. to iterate; to reiterate.
  2. (dated) to intimidate, to threaten; to terrify, to terrorise; to admonish, to reprimand, to scold.