กินแกลบ

Thai

Etymology

กิน (gin, “to eat”) +‎ แกลบ (glɛ̀ɛp, “rice hull”); literally "to eat rice hulls".

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กินแกลบ k i n æ k l ɓ
Phonemic		กิน-แกฺลบ k i n – æ k ̥ l ɓ
Romanization	Paiboon	gin-glɛ̀ɛp
	Royal Institute	kin-klaep
(standard) IPA(key)		/kin˧.klɛːp̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

กินแกลบ • (gin-glɛ̀ɛp) (abstract noun การกินแกลบ)

1. (idiomatic, from the situation in which a person has to consume rice hulls instead of actual rice due to poverty) to be impoverished; to lack sufficient money; to be in poverty.
2. (idiomatic, obsolete, from the behaviour of pigs) to be idiotic; to be stupid; to be unintelligent.