yaa

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English

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Noun

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yaa (plural yaas)

  1. The letter ي (y) in the Arabic script.

Usage notes

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  • Some Arabic-based languages use variations of the letter, e.g. Persian uses ی (ye).

Translations

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Anagrams

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjaː/ [ˈjaː]
  • Hyphenation: yaa

Noun

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yáa f 

  1. Apocopic form of yayya

References

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  • 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

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Noun

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yaa

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

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yaa

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

Inflection

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Adverb

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yaa

  1. down, downward

Tataltepec Chatino

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Noun

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yaa

  1. nopal

Tlingit

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Noun

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yaa

  1. sea trout

Yosondúa Mixtec

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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yaa

  1. tongue
  2. flame

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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yaa

  1. song
  2. music

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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yaa

  1. ash
  2. hominy

References

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  • 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