ယာ

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ya • ALA-LC: yā • BGN/PCGN: ya • Okell: ya

Etymology 1

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Uncertain. Compare with Tibetan (la, hillside, mountain pass) and Chinese (open country, field, wilderness, countryside area).

Noun

ယာ (ya)

  1. farmland bearing crops rather than rice.
  2. hillside cultivation area

Etymology 2

From a Proto-Sino-Tibetan root. Cognate with Chinese (yòu, right-hand direction; west).

Alternative forms

Noun

ယာ (ya)

  1. right (direction).
    လက်ယာlakyaright hand

Verb

ယာ (ya)

  1. to make betel quids

Classifier

ယာ (ya)

  1. numerical classifier for counting betel quids

Pali

Alternative forms

Pronoun

ယာ f

  1. Burmese script form of

Declension

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