อย่า

Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Orthographicอย่า
ɒ y ˋ ā
Phonemic
หฺย่า
h ̥ y ˋ ā
RomanizationPaiboonyàa
Royal Instituteya
(standard) IPA(key)/jaː˨˩/(R)
Homophonesหย่า

Adverb

อย่า • (yàa)

  1. don't, do not.
    ไปนะ  ―  yàa bpai ná  ―  Please don't go.

See also

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 361
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