យាយ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic យាយ
yāy
WT romanisation yiəy
(standard) IPA(key) /jiəj/

Etymology 1

Noun

យាយ (yiəy)

  1. grandmother
Synonyms
  • ដូន (doun)
  • អយ្យកា (ʾɑɑyyɔɔkaa)

Etymology 2

From Khmer និយាយ

Verb

យាយ (yiəy) (abstract noun ការយាយ)

  1. (slang) to speak, say, talk, relate, tell
  2. (slang) to narrate
  3. (slang) to discuss, talk over
  4. (slang) to be involved (with), get involved (with)
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