yaa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yaa"

English

Noun

yaa (plural yaas)

  1. 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 

  1. Apocopic form of yayya

References
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 143

Chichicapan Zapotec

Noun

yaa

  1. temazcal, a type of sweat lodge, usually built with adobe bricks

Postposition

yaa

  1. to him/her/it
  2. about him/her/it

Inflection
Navajo postpositions
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

  1. down, downward

Tataltepec Chatino

Noun

yaa

  1. nopal

Tlingit

Noun

yaa

  1. sea trout

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

  1. tongue
  2. flame

Etymology 2

Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec yaa, Chayuco Mixtec yaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec yáa, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yaā.

Noun

yaa

  1. song
  2. music

Etymology 3

Cognate with Chayuco Mixtec ñiyaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec nyaà, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yaā.

Noun

yaa

  1. ash
  2. hominy

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)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 89
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