ตะเกียบ

From Angkorian Old Khmer thkyap, tkyap (“to hold in tongs or between the fingers; to grip with pincers or a vise”). Compare Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer tkep; Modern Khmer ថ្កៀប (thkiəp); Lao ຕະຂຽບ (ta khīap).

ตะเกียบ • (dtà-gìiap)

1. chopstick.
2. fork: support of the front wheel axles of a bicycle or motorcycle.
3. (architecture) pair of poles fixed into the ground for the purpose of bracing another pole.
4. (anatomy) the lower part of the pelvis that would touch the seat when sitting.
5. (anatomy, zoology) pectoral fin of a fish.
6. (anatomy, zoology) pair of cartilages at the buttock of a bird (any vertebrate of the class Aves).

ตะเกียบ • (dtà-gìiap)

1. very thin like a chopstick.
   • ขาตะเกียบ

     kǎa dtà-gìiap

     (literally) A chopstick leg.