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ยาว

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Alternative forms

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Preposition

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ยาว

  1. Thai script form of yāva (until)

Thai

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *jaːwᴬ⁴.[1]

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Isan ยาว (ɲaaw⁴), Lao ຍາວ (nyāo), Northern Thai ᨿᩣ᩠ᩅ (ɲaaw⁴), Khün ᨿᩣ᩠ᩅ (yaaw⁴), ᦍᦱᧁ (yaaw), Shan ယၢဝ်း (yáao), Tai Nüa ᥕᥣᥝᥰ (yäaw), Phake ယ︀ွ် (yaw).

Compare Proto-Hlai *hnaːwʔ (long (distance)).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicยาว
y ā w
RomanizationPaiboonyaao
Royal Instituteyao
(standard) IPA(key)/jaːw˧/(R)

Adjective

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ยาว (yaao) (abstract noun ความยาว)

  1. (of length or duration) long
    Antonym: สั้น (sân)
    ขายาว  ―  kǎa yaao  ―  long leg
    นาทียาวกว่าวินาที  ―  naa-tii yaao gwàa wí-naa-tii  ―  A minute is longer than a second.
    เชือกยาวห้าเมตร  ―  chʉ̂ʉak yaao hâa méet  ―  A rope five meters long

Adverb

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ยาว (yaao) (abstract noun ความยาว)

  1. for a long or longer period of time
    อยู่ยาว
    yùu yaao
    to stay for long
    ดูยาว
    duu yaao yaao
    to take more and more time to observe [something]
    (literally) to observe [something] longer [and] longer

Verb

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ยาว (yaao)

  1. (transitive, now only found in certain expressions) to prolong; to extend; to lengthen

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Jonsson, Nanna L. (1991) Proto Southwestern Tai (Doctoral dissertation), Department of Humanistic Studies, The State University of New York at Albany