ThaiEdit

PronunciationEdit

Orthographic/Phonemicยก
y k
RomanizationPaiboonyók
Royal Instituteyok
(standard) IPA(key)/jok̚˦˥/(R)

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Tai *ɲɤkᴰ (to raise). Cognate with Lao ຍົກ (nyok), ᦷᦍᧅ (yok), Shan ယုၵ်ႉ (yṵ̂k), Ahom 𑜊𑜤𑜀𑜫 (jʸuk), Northern Thai ᨿᩫ᩠ᨠ.

VerbEdit

ยก (yók) (abstract noun การยก)

  1. to lift; to raise.
  2. (as of a body of persons or animals) to move; to cause to move.
  3. (now only found in law, obsolete elsewhere) to deny, to dismiss; to cancel, to revoke.
  4. (now only found in law, obsolete elsewhere) to prepare; to make.
  5. to give; to grant; to confer.
  6. to cite; to allude.
See alsoEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ยก (yók)

  1. (slang) all; entire; every.

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

ยก (yók)

  1. a unit of measuring wooden boards, equal to 1 cubit wide, 16 wa long, and 1 inch thick.
  2. period of time; round.
  3. (historical) a round of flogging, consisting of 30 strokes.
  4. (printing, bookbinding) folio; signature.