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)

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

Related terms

• See ที่รัก (tîi-rák).