เหยียด

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ˀjiətᴰᴸ³ (“to stretch”), from Proto-Tai *ˀjiətᴰ (“to stretch out”).^[1]

Cognate with Northern Thai ᩀ᩠ᨿᨯ, Lao ຢຽດ (yīat), Lü ᦵᦊᧆᧈ (ẏed¹), Shan ယဵတ်ႇ (yàet), Tai Nüa ᥕᥤᥖ (yit), ᥕᥪᥖ (yuet), Zhuang iet, Nong Zhuang ed, Zuojiang Zhuang yied.

• เอยียด, เยียด (yîiat) — archaic, obsolete or dated

เหยียด • (yìiat) (abstract noun การเหยียด)

1. to straighten; to unbend

   Antonym: คู้ (kúu)

2. to stretch; to extend; to spread

เหยียด • (yìiat)

1. straightened; straight
2. stretched

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Perhaps a semantic extension of the "stretch out" sense.”)

เหยียด • (yìiat) (abstract noun การเหยียด)

1. to disparage; to belittle; to depreciate; to treat with contempt

Cognate with Tai Nüa ᥕᥤᥖᥴ (yít) or ᥕᥪᥖᥴ (yúet). Possibly related to ยึด (yʉ́t).

เหยียด • (yìiat) (abstract noun การเหยียด)

1. (archaic) to subtract; to reduce

• “เหยียด” 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.