ทบ

See also: ทบ.

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *dopᴰ (“to fold double”).[1]

Cognate with Lao ທົບ (thop), Shan တူပ်ႉ (tṵ̂up), Tai Nüa ᥖᥨᥙ (top), Zhuang doeb (“double; to fold”). Note also similarities to Middle Chinese 疊 (MC dep, “to fold in layers”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicทบ
d ɓ
RomanizationPaiboontóp
Royal Institutethop
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰop̚˦˥/(R)

Verb

ทบ • (tóp) (abstract noun การทบ)

  1. to fold; to double up

Classifier

ทบ • (tóp)

  1. Classifier for folds, layers.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 355

Further reading

  • “ทบ” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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