Khmer Dictionary: យាយ
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យាយ
( n )
[yiey]
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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 លោកយាយ, ម៉ែយាយ, or ម៉ាក់យាយ
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យូរ
( adj )
[yuu]
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to be long (of time); slow; late
Eg. លោកតាទើបតែនឹងស្លាប់ លោកយាយស្លាប់យូរហើយតាំងពី ១៩៨៤ នុ៎ះម្ល៉េះ : Grandfather just died; grandmother has been dead a long time, since 1984.