Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1n.
medicine; drug; medicationcurated
2n.
tobacco; cigarettecurated
3n.
(recreational) drug; narcoticwiktionary
Built from
From Proto-Tai *ˀjɯəᴬ (“medicine”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩀᩣ, Lao ຢາ (yā), Lü ᦊᦱ (ẏaa), Tai Dam ꪤꪱ, Shan ယႃ (yǎa), Bouyei iel, Zhuang yw. Compare Middle Chinese 藥 (yak). See เจ้าพระยา (jâao-prá-yaa).