Where does “ควักกะปิ” come from?

ควักกะปิ (Thai) comes from Thai กะปิ, from Burmese ငါးပိ, from Burmese ငါး, from Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ.

ควักกะปิ (Thai): to dance like someone who does not know how to...

Definitions

  1. to dance like someone who does not know how to...

Ancestry of “ควักกะปิ”, step by step

ควักกะปิ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai กะปิ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiกะปิshrimp paste
2Burmeseငါးပိngapi; fish preserve; fish or shrimp paste
3Burmeseငါးfive; fish
4Sino-Tibetan*l-ŋaʔ—

via Thai ควัก

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiควักto scoop out; to pick out; to take out

via Thai using]] a [[hand]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiusing]] a [[hand]]—
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ →Every word from Burmese ငါး →Every word from Burmese ငါးပိ →