Dictionary entry

หลับ

làp

to sleep

#1242 most common1 syllablein 1 reading

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented

1v.

to close (the eyes)wiktionary

2v.

to sleepwiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

ไม่หลับ

I don't sleep.

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From Proto-Tai *ʰlapᴰ (“to close (the eyes)”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉᩖᩢᨷ, Lao ຫຼັບ (lap), Lü ᦜᧇ (l̇ab), Shan လပ်း (láp), Ahom 𑜎𑜆𑜫 (lap), Zhuang laep.

Words built from it

หลับ inside longer words

นอนไม่หลับTo have insomnia.