คาบ

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantic extension of the "hold, seize" sense of Etymology 2?”)

คาบ • (kâap)

1. occasion; time; period of time; round
2. (education) period

คาบ • (kâap) (abstract noun การคาบ)

1. to hold, seize, clamp, or carry using the lips or mouth
2. (figurative) to carry; to take; to bring

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantic extension of the "clamp" sense of Etymology 2?”)

คาบ • (kâap) (abstract noun การคาบ)

1. to lap; to overlap; to overlay; to extend over or into

• “คาบ” 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.