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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

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