ขับ
to operate
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventeddrive awaylexitron
expellexitron
to cause or force to move (out, away, along, etc): / to drive; to chase(transitive)wiktionary
to cause or force to move (out, away, along, etc): / to expel; to oust; to eject(transitive)wiktionary
to cause or force to move (out, away, along, etc): / to drive; to propel; to operate(transitive)wiktionary
to cause or force to move (out, away, along, etc): / to discharge; to excrete(transitive)wiktionary
to sing; to chant(in-compounds, often, transitive)wiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesไม่เคยรู้ว่าจะขับไปอีกนานแค่ไหน
I've never known how much longer I'll keep driving.
ขับรถจากกรุงเทพ ใช้เวลาประมาณสามชั่วโมง
Driving from Bangkok, it takes about three hours.
Built from
From Proto-Tai *k.rapᴰ (“to drive away”). Cognate with Lao ຂັບ (khap), Lü ᦃᧇ (ẋab). Cognate with Isan ขับ, Lao ຂັບ (khap), Northern Thai ᨡᩢ᩠ᨷ (xap¹), Khün ᨡᩢ᩠ᨷ (khap⁴), Lü ᦃᧇ (ẋab), Tai Dam ꪄꪚꪾ (khắp), Tai Dón ꪄꪚꪾ, Shan ၶပ်း (kháp).
A note on usage
ต้อนให้ไป, บังคับให้ไป