English Explanatory Dictionary

ya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. Nonstandard spelling of you.
intj
  1. Yeah; yes.
adv
  1. yea; yes
intj
  1. Go. (Spoken to horses and cattle.)
det
  1. Nonstandard spelling of your.
noun
  1. A letter of the Cyrillic alphabet: Я, я.
intj
  1. Yes, yeah (used to express affirmation)
particle
  1. Used to form a confirmation-seeking tag question, expecting an affirmative response.
noun
  1. Initialism of young adult
  2. Initialism of youth authority.
name
  1. A surname from Tamil.

Pronunciation

/jə/ en-us-ya.ogg /jɑː/ /ˈjɑː/ /ˈjɐ/ /jɑ/ [jɑː˨˦]

Word forms

ya yaa yaw yah yha yas yeah yea

Etymology

Reduced form of you. Compare Dutch je, reduced/unstressed form of jij (“you”).

Related words

yer is it ah

Derived words

-cha get it in ya hey ya hiya -ja love ya smell ya later there ya go whaddaya ya think? chewie on ya boot
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