ยอ

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Thai

Beach mulberry
An Indian man holding a dip net.
Sliced Chả lụa.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicยอ
y ɒ
RomanizationPaiboonyɔɔ
Royal Instituteyo
(standard) IPA(key)/jɔː˧/(R)
Homophones

Etymology 1

Noun

ยอ (yɔɔ)

  1. (botany) Morinda citrifolia (beach mulberry, noni)

Etymology 2

Compare Middle Chinese (MC yu). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨿᩬᩴ, Lao ຍໍ (nyǭ), ᦍᦸ (yoa), Tai Dón ꪑꪮ, Shan ယေႃး (yáu), Phake ယေႃ (), Zhuang yoj.

Verb

ยอ (yɔɔ) (abstract noun การยอ)

  1. to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
  2. to lift; to bring or move to a higher place or position.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

ยอ (yɔɔ) (abstract noun การยอ)

  1. to stop; to bring to a stop.

Etymology 4

Noun

ยอ (yɔɔ)

  1. dip net.

Etymology 5

From Vietnamese giò via Hue/Ho Chi Minh accent.

Noun

ยอ (yɔɔ)

  1. Vietnamese sausage Chả lụa.
Derived terms