ยาหยี

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese yayi (“younger sibling; wife”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ยาหยี y ā h y ī
Phonemic		ยา-หฺยี y ā – h ̥ y ī
Romanization	Paiboon	yaa-yǐi
	Royal Institute	ya-yi
(standard) IPA^(key)		/jaː˧.jiː˩˩˦/^(R)

Noun

ยาหยี • (yaa-yǐi)

(ยอด~) used as a term of address to a romantically loved, younger one.

Related terms

See ที่รัก (tîi-rák).

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