ยางลบ

Thai

Etymology

From ยาง (yaang, “rubber”) +‎ ลบ (lóp, “to delete”), literally “deletion rubber”.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ยางลบ y ā ŋ l ɓ
Phonemic		ยาง-ลบ y ā ŋ – l ɓ
Romanization	Paiboon	yaang-lóp
Romanization	Royal Institute	yang-lop
(standard) IPA^(key)		/jaːŋ˧.lop̚˦˥/^(R)

Noun

ยางลบ • (yaang-lóp)

rubber: device for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, etc.

Usage notes

Uses the following classifiers, depending on form: ก้อน (gɔ̂ɔn), แท่ง (tɛ̂ng), อัน (an)

Further reading

“ยางลบ” 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.