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Pali
Alternative scripts
- yāva (Latin script)
- 𑀬𑀸𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- याव (Devanagari script)
- যাৰ (Bengali script)
- යාව (Sinhalese script)
- ယာဝ or ယႃဝ (Burmese script)
- ยาวะ (Thai script)
- ᨿᩣᩅ (Tai Tham script)
- ຍາວ or ຍາວະ or ຢາວະ (Lao script)
- យាវ (Khmer script)
- 𑄠𑄂𑅇 (Chakma script)
Preposition
ยาว
- Thai script form of yāva (“until”)
Thai
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *jaːwᴬ⁴ (Jonsson, 1991); Cognate with Northern Thai ᨿᩣ᩠ᩅ, Lao ຍາວ (nyāo), Lü ᦍᦱᧁ (yaaw), Shan ယၢဝ်း (yáao), Tai Nüa ᥕᥣᥝᥰ (yäaw), Phake ယွ် (yaw). Compare Proto-Hlai *hnaːwʔ (“long (distance)”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ยาว • (yaao) (abstract noun ความยาว)
- (of length or duration) long.
- ขายาว
- kǎa yaao
- long leg
- นาทียาวกว่าวินาที
- naa-tii yaao gwàa wí-naa-tii
- A minute is longer than a second.
- เชือกยาวห้าเมตร
- chʉ̂ʉak yaao hâa méet
- A rope five meters long
Adverb
ยาว • (yaao) (abstract noun ความยาว)
- for a long or longer period of time.
- อยู่ยาว
- yùu yaao
- to stay for long
- ดูยาว ๆ
- duu yaao yaao
- to take more and more time to observe
(literally) to observe longer longer
Verb
ยาว • (yaao)
- (now only found in certain expressions) to prolong; to extend; to lengthen.
Derived terms