From Proto-Southwestern Tai *jaːŋᴮ² (“to step; to take a step”). Cognate with Thai ย่าง (yâang), Isan ญ่าง or ย่าง, Lü ᦍᦱᧂᧈ (yaang¹), Tai Dam ꪑ꪿ꪱꪉ, Shan ယၢင်ႈ (yāang), Tai Nüa ᥕᥣᥒ (yaang).
- (Vientiane) IPA(key): [ɲaːŋ˧]
- (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [ɲaːŋ˧˨]
- Hyphenation: ຍ່າງ
- Rhymes: -aːŋ
ຍ່າງ • (nyāng) (abstract noun ການຍ່າງ)
- to walk.