กินแกลบ

Thai

Etymology

กิน (gin, “to eat”) +‎ แกลบ (glɛ̀ɛp, “rice hull”); literally "to eat rice hulls".

Pronunciation

Orthographicกินแกลบ
k i n æ k l ɓ
Phonemicกิน-แกฺลบ
k i n – æ k ̥ l ɓ
RomanizationPaiboongin-glɛ̀ɛp
Royal Institutekin-klaep
(standard) IPA(key)/kin˧.klɛːp̚˨˩/

Verb

กินแกลบ • (gin-glɛ̀ɛp) (abstract noun การกินแกลบ)

  1. (idiomatic, from the situation in which a person has to consume rice hulls instead of actual rice due to poverty) to be impoverished; to lack sufficient money; to be in poverty.
  2. (idiomatic, obsolete, from the behaviour of pigs) to be idiot; to be stupid; to be unintelligent.
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