ယား
See also: ယာ
Burmese
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-ja (“to itch”) (STEDT). Compare Tibetan གཡའ (g.ya', “idem”) and perhaps Old Chinese 癢 (OC *laŋʔ, “idem”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /já/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ya: • ALA-LC: yāʺ • BGN/PCGN: ya: • Okell: yà
Verb
ယား • (ya:)
- to itch
- (figuratively) to itch to do or say something, champ at the bit
Derived terms
- ခွေးလှေးယား (hkwe:hle:ya:)
- ငွေယား (ngweya:)
- နှုတ်ခမ်းယား (hnuthkam:ya:)
- ပါးစပ်ယား (pa:cap-ya:)
- ဖက်ယား (hpak-ya:)
- ယားကျိကျိဖြစ် (ya:kyi.kyi.hprac)
- ယားနာ (ya:na)
- ယားယံ (ya:yam)
- လက်ယား (lak-ya:)
- လျှာယား (hlyaya:)
- ဝါးယား (wa:ya:)
- အသည်းယား (a.sany:ya:)
- အားတိုင်းယားတိုင်း (a:tuing:ya:tuing:)
- အားအားယားယား (a:a:ya:ya:)
- အူယား (uya:)
- အူယားဖားယား (uya:hpa:ya:)
Further reading
- “ယား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.