ยางลบ

Thai

rubbers

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
	Royal Institute	yang-lop
(standard) IPA(key)		/jaːŋ˧.lop̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

ยางลบ • (yaang-lóp)

1. 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.