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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