ยัง

ยัง

1. Thai script form of yaṃ, accusative singular of ยะ (ya, “who, which, that (m)”)
2. Thai script form of yaṃ, accusative singular of ยา (yā, “who, which, that (f)”)
3. Thai script form of yaṃ, nominative/accusative singular of ยะ (ya, “which, that”)

From Middle Chinese 仍 (MC nying, “still”), cognate with Proto-Tai *ɲaŋᴬ (“alive”).

ยัง (transliteration needed)

1. to have

From Proto-Tai *ɲaŋᴬ (“alive”)^[1] or Middle Chinese 仍 (MC nying, “still”).

Cognate with Zhuang nyaengz (“alive; still”).

ยัง • (yang) (abstract noun การยัง)

1. (rare, in compounds) to be, have
2. (intransitive) to exist; to be alive; to be living; to survive
3. (intransitive) to stay; to remain
4. (transitive) to cause to stay or remain; to maintain; to retain; to keep up

   ยังชีพ

   yang chîip

   to maintain the life

Related to the "be, alive" sense of Etymology 1.

ยัง • (yang) (abstract noun การยัง)

1. (transitive) to cause; to make; to bring about; to result (in)

Related to the "be, alive" sense of Etymology 1.

ยัง • (yang)

1. still; yet
2. also; too
3. (in answer to a yes-or-no question) not yet

Probably a semantic extension of the "be, alive" sense of Etymology 1.

ยัง • (yang)

1. to; towards
2. up to; until; through

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ยัง • (yang)

1. alternative form of อย่าง (yàang, “style, manner”)

• “ยัง” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.