อย่า
Appearance
Thai
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Tai *ʰɲaːᴮ (“do not”).[1]
Cognate with Northern Thai ᩀ᩵ᩣ, Lao ຢ່າ (yā), Lü ᦊᦱᧈ (ẏaa¹), Khün ᩀ᩵ᩣ, Tai Dam ꪑ꪿ꪱ, Shan ယႃႇ (yàa), Tai Nüa ᥕᥣᥱ (yǎa), Ahom 𑜊𑜠 (jʸa) or 𑜊𑜡 (jʸā), Phu Thai ญา, Zuojiang Zhuang yaq.
Pronunciation
[edit]| Orthographic | อย่า ɒ y ˋ ā | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | หฺย่า h ̥ y ˋ ā | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | yàa |
| Royal Institute | ya | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /jaː˨˩/(R) | |
| Homophones | หย่า | |
Adverb
[edit]อย่า • (yàa)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- ห้าม (hâam)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “อย่า” 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.