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:)

1. to itch
2. (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.