อย่า

Thai

Alternative forms

(obsolete) หย่า (yàa)

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰɲaːᴮ (“do not”). Cognate with Lao ຢ່າ (yā), Lü ᦊᦱᧈ (ẏaa¹), Shan ယႃႇ (yàa), Tai Dam ꪑꪱ, Ahom 𑜊𑜠 (ya) or 𑜊𑜡 (yaa), Zhuang nyaq (𠚾) or yaq (𠚾).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		อย่า ɒ y ˋ ā
Phonemic		หฺย่า h ̥ y ˋ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	yàa
	Royal Institute	ya
(standard) IPA^(key)		/jaː˨˩/
Homophones edit		หย่า

Adverb

อย่า • (yàa)

don't, do not.
- อย่าไป นะ
  yàa bpai ná
  Please don't go.

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