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yah

See also: Yah and þah

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yah

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yazghulami.

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English

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Etymology 1

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An alternative pronunciation, equivalent of yeah and yes.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jʌː/, /jɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ʌː, -ɑː
  • Audio (US):(file)

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yah (not comparable)

  1. (US, UK, India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia) Yes.
    Yah, we did go along but it turned out the wedding was a load of nonsense.
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Interjection

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yah

  1. An expression uttered to encourage a horse to run faster.
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Etymology 2

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From the pronunciation of “yes” which such people use.

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Noun

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yah (plural yahs)

  1. (UK, informal) An upper-class person, especially a Sloane Ranger.
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Etymology 3

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From you.

Pronoun

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yah

  1. Pronunciation spelling of you.
    • 2006, Carmen Portnoy, The Money Pie: A Recipe for Women Investors, page 6:
      "Hey, Sis, do yah want a Hertz Donut?" one of them sweetly said as the other one held out a donut bag. She reached for it. Her step-sister snatched the bag away and socked her hard in the arm instead.

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terms containing the word "yah", some of which may be derived from the above terms, i.e. unsorted

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Gullah

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Variant of yuh (“here”).

Adverb

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yah

  1. here

Malay

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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yah

  1. father (male parent)

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Manx

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Interjection

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yah?

  1. alternative form of yagh
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Etymology

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Compare Carrier yoh (“house”)

Postposition

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yah

  1. inside, into an enclosed space, into an enclosure

Oneida

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Particle

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yah

  1. not

References

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Karin Michelson; Norma Kennedy; Mercy Doxtator (2016), Glimpses of Oneida Life, University of Toronto, page 384

South Slavey

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Etymology

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From Proto-Athabaskan *yəx̣s. Cognates include Navajo yas and Dogrib zah.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [jà(h)], [ʒà(h)]
  • Hyphenation: yah

Noun

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yah (stem -yah-)

  1. snow

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Possessive inflection of yah (-yahé)
singular plural
1st person seyahé naxeyahé
2nd person neyahé
3rd person 1) — giyahé
2) meyahé goyahé
4th person yeyahé
reflexive sp. ɂedeyahé kedeyahé
unsp. deyahé
reciprocal — ɂełeyahé
indefinite ɂeyahé
areal goyahé

1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings
and the object is singular.
2) Used when the previous condition does not apply.

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  • Keren Rice (1989), A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 99

Zhuang

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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yah (Sawndip forms 𫰈 or 𫰎 or 下 or 𡟺 or 𭑧 or 𫰫 or 吓, 1957–1982 spelling yaƅ)

  1. wife
  2. mother-in-law (husband's mother)
  3. old woman; granny

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yah (1957–1982 spelling yaƅ)

  1. Classifier for elderly women.
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