Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *ʰniːpᴰ (to pinch). Cognate with Lao ໜີບ (nīp), ᦐᦲᧇᧈ (ṅiib¹), Zhuang nip, Nong Zhuang neb. Possibly related to หีบ (hìip, to squeeze).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicหนีบ
h n ī ɓ
Phonemic
หฺนีบ
h ̥ n ī ɓ
RomanizationPaiboonnìip
Royal Institutenip
(standard) IPA(key)/niːp̚˨˩/(R)

Verb edit

หนีบ (nìip) (abstract noun การหนีบ)

  1. to pinch.