หย่า

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicหย่า
h y ˋ ā
Phonemic
หฺย่า
h ̥ y ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonyàa
Royal Instituteya
(standard) IPA(key)/jaː˨˩/(R)
Homophonesอย่า

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ˀjaːᴮ (“to quit”).[1]

Cognate with Lao ຢ່າ (yā).

Verb

หย่า • (yàa) (abstract noun การหย่า)

  1. (transitive or intransitive, somewhat archaic) to quit; to give up; to leave; to cease; to end.
    นม
    yàa ná-má-
    to wean
    (literally) to cease [from] milk
    ศึก
    yàa sʉ̀k
    to end a war
  2. (transitive or intransitive, of married persons) to divorce.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Adverb

หย่า • (yàa)

  1. obsolete form of อย่า (yàa)

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 353
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