yah
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.