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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɡapᴰˢ⁴ (“narrow; tight; confined”) (Jonsson, 1991), from Proto-Tai *ɡapᴰ (“tight; narrow”), possibly from Middle Chinese 狹 (MC heap) (which became doublet of ແຄບ (khǣp)).
Cognate with Thai คับ (káp), Northern Thai ᨣᩢ᩠ᨷ, Lü ᦅᧇ (kab), Tai Dam ꪁꪚꪾ, Shan ၵပ်ႉ (kâ̰p), Zuojiang Zhuang kaep.