យ៉ាង

See also: យើង

Khmer

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai อย่าง (yàang) through Middle Chinese (MC yangH, “form, type”)

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic យ៉ាង
y″āṅ
WT romanisation yaang
(standard) IPA(key) /jaːŋ/

Noun

យ៉ាង • (yaang)

  1. kind, type, aspect, variety, way, manner (often used to form adverbial phrases)

Preposition

យ៉ាង • (yang)

  1. like, as, such as

Classifier

យ៉ាង • (yang)

  1. classifier for kinds, types