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
- to dance like someone who does not know how to...
Ancestry of “ควักกะปิ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Thai | กะปิ | shrimp paste |
| 2 | Burmese | ငါးပိ | ngapi; fish preserve; fish or shrimp paste |
| 3 | Burmese | ငါး | five; fish |
| 4 | Sino-Tibetan | *l-ŋaʔ | — |