yaa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "yaa"
English
Noun
yaa (plural yaas)
- The letter ي (y) in the Arabic script.
Usage notes
- Some Arabic-based languages use variations of the letter, e.g. Persian uses ی (ye).
Translations
Anagrams
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjaː/ [ˈjaː]
- Hyphenation: yaa
Noun
yáa f
- syncopic form of yayyá
Declension
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References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 143
Chichicapan Zapotec
Noun
yaa
- temazcal, a type of sweat lodge, usually built with adobe bricks
Navajo
Postposition
yaa
Inflection
| singular | duoplural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | shaa | nihaa |
| 2nd person | naa | nihaa |
| 3rd person | baa | |
| 4th person (3o) | yaa | |
| 4th person (3a) | haa | |
| 4th person (3i) | aa | — |
| reflexive | ádaa | — |
| reciprocal | — | ahaa |
Adverb
yaa
Tataltepec Chatino
Noun
yaa
Tlingit
Noun
yaa
Yosondúa Mixtec
Etymology 1
Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec yâá, Chayuco Mixtec yaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec yaa, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yáa.
Noun
yaa
Etymology 2
Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec yaa, Chayuco Mixtec yaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec yáa, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yaā.
Noun
yaa
Etymology 3
Cognate with Chayuco Mixtec ñiyaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec nyaà, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yaā.
Noun
yaa
References
- Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)[2] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 89