yah
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
An alternative pronunciation, akin to yeah.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
yah (not comparable)
- (UK, India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Yes.
- Yah, we did go along but it turned out the wedding was a load of nonsense.
Translations[edit]
yes — see yes
Interjection[edit]
yah
- An expression uttered to encourage a horse to run faster.
Translations[edit]
expression used to encourage a horse to run faster
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Etymology 2[edit]
From the pronunciation of “yes” which such people use.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
yah (plural yahs)
- (British, informal) An upper-class person, especially a Sloane Ranger.
Translations[edit]
upper-class person
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See also[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
From you.
Pronoun[edit]
yah
- 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.
See also[edit]
terms containing the word "yah", some of which may be derived from the above terms, i.e. unsorted
Anagrams[edit]
Gullah[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Variant of yuh (“here”).
Adverb[edit]
yah
Malay[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
yah
- father (male parent)
Synonyms[edit]
Manx[edit]
Interjection[edit]
yah?
- Alternative form of yagh
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Etymology[edit]
Postposition[edit]
yah
Oneida[edit]
Particle[edit]
yah
References[edit]
Karin Michelson, Norma Kennedy, Mercy Doxtator (2016) Glimpses of Oneida Life, University of Toronto, page 384
South Slavey[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Athabaskan *yəx̣s. Cognates include Navajo yas and Dogrib zah.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
yah (stem -yah-)
Inflection[edit]
Possessive inflection of yah (-yahé)
singular | plural | ||
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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. |
References[edit]
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 99
Zhuang[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ja˧/
- Tone numbers: ya6
- Hyphenation: yah
Noun[edit]
yah (Sawndip forms 𫰈 or 𫰎 or 下 or 𡟺 or 𭑧 or 𫰫 or 吓, 1957–1982 spelling yaƅ)
Classifier[edit]
yah (1957–1982 spelling yaƅ)
- Classifier for elderly women.
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