ยืด

Thai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tai *ɲɯːtᴰ (to stretch).[1]

Cognate with Lao ຍືດ (nyư̄t), ຢືດ (yư̄t), ᦊᦹᧆᧈ (ẏued¹), Shan ယိုတ်ႈ (yūet), Tai Nüa ᥕᥪᥖ (yuet), Zuojiang Zhuang ywet.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicยืด
y ụ̄ ɗ
RomanizationPaiboonyʉ̂ʉt
Royal Instituteyuet
(standard) IPA(key)/jɯːt̚˥˩/(R)

Verb

ยืด • (yʉ̂ʉt) (abstract noun การยืด)

  1. to stretch; to expand.
  2. to extend; to lengthen.

Adjective

ยืด • (yʉ̂ʉt) (abstract noun ความยืด)

  1. elastic; flexible.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 355