งบ

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicงบ
ŋ ɓ
RomanizationPaiboonngóp
Royal Institutengop
(standard) IPA(key)/ŋop̚˦˥/(R)

Etymology 1

Cognate with Lao ງົບ (ngop).

Noun

งบ • (ngóp)

  1. financial statement.

Verb

งบ • (ngóp) (abstract noun การงบ)

  1. (accounting, usually of an amount of money) to settle; to summarise.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From clipping of งบประมาณ (ngóp-bprà-maan, budget), from งบ (ngóp, to settle; to summarise) +‎ ประมาณ (bprà-maan, to estimate; to approximate).

Noun

งบ • (ngóp)

  1. (colloquial) budget.

Etymology 3

Noun

งบ • (ngóp)

  1. (somewhat archaic) round sheet (of something, usually food).

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantic extension of the "round sheet for food" sense of Etymology 3?”)

Noun

งบ • (ngóp)

  1. a dish of meat, usually fish, mixed with curry paste and others, wrapped in banana leaves, and grilled.

Verb

งบ • (ngóp) (abstract noun การงบ)

  1. to cook such food; to cook into such food.

Further reading

  • งบ” 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.