Khmer Dictionary: យាយ

1. យាយ ( n ) [yiey]   - detail »
   grandmother; old woman; polite form of address used to old women; if the woman has a high status she may be addressed as លោកយាយ​ (this term is also used to address a female spirit); a child may call its grandmother លោក​យាយ​, ម៉ែយាយ, or ម៉ាក់យាយ
   
2. យូរ ( adj ) [yuu]   - detail »
   to be long (of time); slow; late
   Eg. លោកតាទើបតែនឹងស្លាប់​ លោក​យាយ​ស្លាប់យូរហើយតាំងពី​ ១៩៨៤​ នុ៎ះម្ល៉េះ : Grandfather just died; grandmother has been dead a long time, since 1984.

1. ម៉ែយាយ [mae yiey]
   grandmother (term of address used by grandchild)
   
2. យាយជី [yiey cii]
   (Buddhist or Catholic) nun
   
3. យាយទួត [yiey tuət]
   great grandmother
   
4. យាយទេត្យ [yiey tɛɛt]
   powerful benevolent female spirit (often the guardian spirit of a monastery)
   
5. យាយទេត្យ [yiey tɛɛt]
   mean old woman
   
6. យាយទែព [yiey -----]
   See:យាយទេត្យ
7. យាយម៉ប [yiey mɑɑp]
   midwife
   
8. យាយលា [yiey lie]
   great great great grandmother
   
9. យាយលួត [yiey luǝt]
   great great grandmother
   
10. យាយអករ៍ [yiey ʔɑɑk]
    See:អករ៍ (2)

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