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ยัง

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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ยัง

  1. Thai script form of yaṃ, accusative singular of ยะ (ya, who, which, that (m))
  2. Thai script form of yaṃ, accusative singular of ยา (, who, which, that (f))
  3. Thai script form of yaṃ, nominative/accusative singular of ยะ (ya, which, that)

Southern Thai

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC nying, “still”), cognate with Proto-Tai *ɲaŋᴬ (alive).

Verb

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ยัง (transliteration needed)

  1. to have

Thai

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicยัง
y ạ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonyang
Royal Instituteyang
(standard) IPA(key)/jaŋ˧/(R)
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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *ɲaŋᴬ (alive)[1] or Middle Chinese (MC nying, “still”).

Cognate with Zhuang nyaengz (alive; still).

Verb

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ยัง (yang) (abstract noun การยัง)

  1. (rare, in compounds) to be, have
  2. (intransitive) to exist; to be alive; to be living; to survive
  3. (intransitive) to stay; to remain
  4. (transitive) to cause to stay or remain; to maintain; to retain; to keep up
    ยังชีพ
    yang chîip
    to maintain the life
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Etymology 2

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Related to the "be, alive" sense of Etymology 1.

Verb

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ยัง (yang) (abstract noun การยัง)

  1. (transitive) to cause; to make; to bring about; to result (in)

Etymology 3

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Related to the "be, alive" sense of Etymology 1.

Adverb

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ยัง (yang)

  1. still; yet
  2. also; too
  3. (in answer to a yes-or-no question) not yet
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Etymology 4

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Probably a semantic extension of the "be, alive" sense of Etymology 1.

Preposition

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ยัง (yang)

  1. to; towards
  2. up to; until; through
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Etymology 5

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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ยัง (yang)

  1. alternative form of อย่าง (yàang, style, manner)
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References

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  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009), The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 347

Further reading

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  • ยัง” 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.