กบดาน

Thai

Etymology

Uncertain. It appears feasible that the first syllable กบ (gòp) invokes the "frog" sense, though the second syllable ดาน (daan) does not appear to invoke any of its usual senses.

Pronunciation

Orthographicกบดาน
k ɓ ɗ ā n
Phonemic
กบ-ดาน
k ɓ – ɗ ā n
RomanizationPaiboongòp-daan
Royal Institutekop-dan
(standard) IPA(key)/kop̚˨˩.daːn˧/(R)

Verb

กบดาน

  1. (zoology, of a crocodylian) to lie beneath the water
  2. (figurative, of a criminal) to hide (from law, arrest, etc.)

Further reading

  • “กบดาน” 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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