See ยาย in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "dtaa",
"word": "ตา"
},
{
"roman": "yâa",
"word": "ย่า"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "th",
"name": "Family",
"orig": "th:Family",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "th",
"name": "Female",
"orig": "th:Female",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ขรัวยาย"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ขุนนางใช่พ่อแม่ หินแง่ใช่ตายาย"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "เท้ายายม่อม"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ปู่ย่าตายาย"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "mɛ̂ɛ-yaai",
"word": "แม่ยาย"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yaai-tûuat",
"word": "ยายทวด"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ยายมด"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ยายหนู"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "lûuk-kə̌əi-dtaai-mɛ̂ɛ-yaai-tam-sòp",
"word": "ลูกเขยตายแม่ยายทำศพ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "หญ้ายายเภา"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "àt-yaai-sʉ́ʉ-kà-nǒm-yaai",
"word": "อัฐยายซื้อขนมยาย"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "tai-pro",
"3": "*naːjᴬ",
"4": "",
"5": "maternal grandmother"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Tai *naːjᴬ (“maternal grandmother”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "nyai"
},
"expansion": "Indonesian nyai",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "km",
"2": "យាយ"
},
"expansion": "Khmer យាយ (yiəy)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lo",
"2": "ຍາຍ"
},
"expansion": "Lao ຍາຍ (nyāi)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "shn",
"2": "ၼၢႆး"
},
"expansion": "Shan ၼၢႆး (náai)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "za",
"2": "dai"
},
"expansion": "Zhuang dai",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Tai *naːjᴬ (“maternal grandmother”). The /n-/ -> /j-/ transformation is due to contamination by ย่า (yâa, “paternal grandmother”), which is semantically similar. Compare Indonesian nyai; Khmer យាយ (yiəy); Lao ຍາຍ (nyāi), ຍາຽ (nyāi); Shan ၼၢႆး (náai); Zhuang dai.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yaai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "คน",
"tags": [
"classifier"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "คน"
},
"expansion": "ยาย • (yaai) (classifier คน)",
"name": "th-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "28 32 13 27",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thai entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 32 22 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thai nouns classified by คน",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 25 24 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thai terms of address",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 33 19 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 23 24 30",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "th",
"name": "Titles",
"orig": "th:Titles",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"maternal grandmother; also used as a title for or term of address to one's maternal grandmother or woman respected as one's maternal grandmother, and used by such person to refer to herself."
],
"id": "en-ยาย-th-noun-vxVIPi3M",
"links": [
[
"maternal grandmother",
"maternal grandmother"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "28 32 13 27",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thai entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 32 22 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thai nouns classified by คน",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 25 24 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thai terms of address",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 33 19 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 23 24 30",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "th",
"name": "Titles",
"orig": "th:Titles",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"aged woman; also used as a title for or term of address to such person, and used by such person to refer to herself."
],
"id": "en-ยาย-th-noun-yJJVTaWW",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"aged",
"aged"
],
[
"woman",
"woman"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sometimes derogatory and offensive) aged woman; also used as a title for or term of address to such person, and used by such person to refer to herself."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"offensive",
"sometimes"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "28 32 13 27",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thai entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 32 22 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thai nouns classified by คน",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 25 24 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thai terms of address",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 33 19 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 23 24 30",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "th",
"name": "Titles",
"orig": "th:Titles",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"used as a diminutive or affectionate title for or term of address to a young woman or woman of the same age as the speaker."
],
"id": "en-ยาย-th-noun-i4osB83p",
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) used as a diminutive or affectionate title for or term of address to a young woman or woman of the same age as the speaker."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "28 32 13 27",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thai entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 32 22 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thai nouns classified by คน",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 25 24 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thai terms of address",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 33 19 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 23 24 30",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "th",
"name": "Titles",
"orig": "th:Titles",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"used as a title for or term of address to any woman or trans woman."
],
"id": "en-ยาย-th-noun-Fe0Zp73j",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(often derogatory and offensive) used as a title for or term of address to any woman or trans woman."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"offensive",
"often"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jaːj˧/",
"tags": [
"standard"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"roman": "ai-yá-gii",
"word": "อัยกี"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "อัยยิกา"
}
],
"word": "ยาย"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "dtaa",
"word": "ตา"
},
{
"roman": "yâa",
"word": "ย่า"
}
],
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Thai/aːj",
"Thai 1-syllable words",
"Thai entries with incorrect language header",
"Thai lemmas",
"Thai nouns",
"Thai nouns classified by คน",
"Thai palindromes",
"Thai terms derived from Proto-Tai",
"Thai terms inherited from Proto-Tai",
"Thai terms of address",
"Thai terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Thai terms with redundant script codes",
"th:Family",
"th:Female",
"th:Titles"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "ขรัวยาย"
},
{
"word": "ขุนนางใช่พ่อแม่ หินแง่ใช่ตายาย"
},
{
"word": "เท้ายายม่อม"
},
{
"word": "ปู่ย่าตายาย"
},
{
"roman": "mɛ̂ɛ-yaai",
"word": "แม่ยาย"
},
{
"roman": "yaai-tûuat",
"word": "ยายทวด"
},
{
"word": "ยายมด"
},
{
"word": "ยายหนู"
},
{
"roman": "lûuk-kə̌əi-dtaai-mɛ̂ɛ-yaai-tam-sòp",
"word": "ลูกเขยตายแม่ยายทำศพ"
},
{
"word": "หญ้ายายเภา"
},
{
"roman": "àt-yaai-sʉ́ʉ-kà-nǒm-yaai",
"word": "อัฐยายซื้อขนมยาย"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "tai-pro",
"3": "*naːjᴬ",
"4": "",
"5": "maternal grandmother"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Tai *naːjᴬ (“maternal grandmother”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "nyai"
},
"expansion": "Indonesian nyai",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "km",
"2": "យាយ"
},
"expansion": "Khmer យាយ (yiəy)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lo",
"2": "ຍາຍ"
},
"expansion": "Lao ຍາຍ (nyāi)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "shn",
"2": "ၼၢႆး"
},
"expansion": "Shan ၼၢႆး (náai)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "za",
"2": "dai"
},
"expansion": "Zhuang dai",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Tai *naːjᴬ (“maternal grandmother”). The /n-/ -> /j-/ transformation is due to contamination by ย่า (yâa, “paternal grandmother”), which is semantically similar. Compare Indonesian nyai; Khmer យាយ (yiəy); Lao ຍາຍ (nyāi), ຍາຽ (nyāi); Shan ၼၢႆး (náai); Zhuang dai.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yaai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "คน",
"tags": [
"classifier"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "คน"
},
"expansion": "ยาย • (yaai) (classifier คน)",
"name": "th-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"maternal grandmother; also used as a title for or term of address to one's maternal grandmother or woman respected as one's maternal grandmother, and used by such person to refer to herself."
],
"links": [
[
"maternal grandmother",
"maternal grandmother"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Thai derogatory terms",
"Thai offensive terms"
],
"glosses": [
"aged woman; also used as a title for or term of address to such person, and used by such person to refer to herself."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"aged",
"aged"
],
[
"woman",
"woman"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sometimes derogatory and offensive) aged woman; also used as a title for or term of address to such person, and used by such person to refer to herself."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"offensive",
"sometimes"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Thai colloquialisms"
],
"glosses": [
"used as a diminutive or affectionate title for or term of address to a young woman or woman of the same age as the speaker."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) used as a diminutive or affectionate title for or term of address to a young woman or woman of the same age as the speaker."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Thai derogatory terms",
"Thai offensive terms"
],
"glosses": [
"used as a title for or term of address to any woman or trans woman."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(often derogatory and offensive) used as a title for or term of address to any woman or trans woman."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"offensive",
"often"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jaːj˧/",
"tags": [
"standard"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "ai-yá-gii",
"word": "อัยกี"
},
{
"word": "อัยยิกา"
}
],
"word": "ยาย"
}
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