Dictionary entry
เก็บ
to collect
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedkeeplexitron
preservelexitron
take in; put awaylexitron
store; keep; conserve; maintainlexitron
kept; storedwiktionary
to accumulate; to heap up; to collectwiktionary
to compel or demand (financial payment)wiktionary
to pick; to take from a placewiktionary
to put in or to a proper placewiktionary
to keep; to storewiktionary
to keep intact; to spare(slang)wiktionary
to assassinate(slang)wiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesตอนเด็กๆ ฉันช่วยเก็บเกี่ยว
As a child, I helped with the harvest.
แล้วก็คิดอีกที "พ่อต้องเก็บข้าวกี่กิโล กว่าจะซื้อกาแฟแก้วนี้ได้"
And then I think again: "How many kilos of rice does Dad have to harvest to buy this one cup of coffee?"
Built from
From Proto-Tai *kepᴰ (“to pick”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩮᩢ᩠ᨷ, Lao ເກັບ (kep), Lü ᦵᦂᧇ (k̇eb), Tai Dam ꪹꪀꪸꪚ, Tai Nüa ᥐᥥᥙᥱ (kěp), Shan ၵဵပ်း (káep), Ahom 𑜀𑜢𑜆𑜫 (kip), Zhuang gip. Compare Khmer កើប (kaəp, “to gather up”). False cognate with English keep.
Words built from it
เก็บ inside longer wordsA note on usage
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