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อยาก

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *ˀjɯǝkᴰ (hungry). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩀᩣ᩠ᨠ, Lao ຢາກ (yāk), ᦊᦱᧅ (ẏaak), Shan ယၢၵ်ႇ (yàak), Zhuang iek. Compare Sui qyaags (hungry) and Middle Chinese (MC yowk, “to want”).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicอยาก
ɒ y ā k
Phonemic
หฺยาก
h ̥ y ā k
RomanizationPaiboonyàak
Royal Instituteyak
(standard) IPA(key)/jaːk̚˨˩/(R)

Verb

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อยาก (yàak) (abstract noun การอยาก or ความอยาก)

  1. to want; to desire
    ฉันอยาก
    chǎn yàak
    I want.
  2. (auxiliary) to want to; to wish to
    อยากไปยุโรป
    yàak bpai yú-ròop
    to want to go to Europe
  3. to be hungry; to be thirsty
    อยากอาหาร
    yàak aa-hǎan
    hungry for food; hungry

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • อยาก” 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.