ยัง

Pali

Alternative forms

Pronoun

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

Etymology

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

Verb

ยัง (transliteration needed)

  1. to have

Thai

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) ญงง
  • (obsolete) ยงง

Etymology

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

Cognate with Zhuang nyaengz (alive; still).

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

ยัง • (yang)

  1. still; yet.
  2. also; too.

Verb

ยัง • (yang) (abstract noun การยัง)

  1. (intransitive) to stay; to remain.
  2. (transitive) to cause to stay or remain; to maintain; to retain; to keep up.
    ชีพ
    yang chîip
    to maintain the life
  3. (transitive) to cause; to make; to bring about; to result (in).
  4. (intransitive) to exist; to be alive; to be living; to survive.

Preposition

ยัง • (yang)

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

References

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