"ja" meaning in Proto-Germanic

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Particle

IPA: /jɑ/
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”). Cognate with Latin iam (“already”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gem-pro|ine-pro|*Hyós|*yē|already}} Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”), {{cog|la|iam||already}} Latin iam (“already”)
  1. yes (confirmation particle) Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-ja-gem-pro-particle-sR73dQ9Q Categories (other): Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Germanic particles Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic particles: 96 4
  2. thus, so Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-ja-gem-pro-particle-guWHs20u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: jai Derived forms: jai, jabai, jahw, jah

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "jai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "jabai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "jahw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "jah"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*jā"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *jā\nOld English: ġēa, iā; ġē\nMiddle English: ȝea, ye, ya\nScots: ya, yea, ay, aye, yo\nEnglish: ya, yea, yo\nOld Frisian: jē, gē; jā, jē, jō\nSaterland Frisian: ja, jee\nWest Frisian: ja\nOld Saxon: jā, giā; ge, gi, gie, gia\nMiddle Low German: ja, jâ\nGerman Low German: ja\nOld Dutch: jā\nMiddle Dutch: jâ\nDutch: ja\nAfrikaans: ja\nLimburgish: jao\nOld High German: jā; joh, ioh\nMiddle High German: ja, jā; joch\nAlemannic German: ja, jaa, jòò, jä\nBavarian:\nCimbrian: ja\nViennese: jå\nGerman: ja (standard); jo, joa (informal); joch (dialectal)\nPolish: jo\nLuxembourgish: jo\nYiddish: יאָ (yo)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *jā\nOld English: ġēa, iā; ġē\nMiddle English: ȝea, ye, ya\nScots: ya, yea, ay, aye, yo\nEnglish: ya, yea, yo\nOld Frisian: jē, gē; jā, jē, jō\nSaterland Frisian: ja, jee\nWest Frisian: ja\nOld Saxon: jā, giā; ge, gi, gie, gia\nMiddle Low German: ja, jâ\nGerman Low German: ja\nOld Dutch: jā\nMiddle Dutch: jâ\nDutch: ja\nAfrikaans: ja\nLimburgish: jao\nOld High German: jā; joh, ioh\nMiddle High German: ja, jā; joch\nAlemannic German: ja, jaa, jòò, jä\nBavarian:\nCimbrian: ja\nViennese: jå\nGerman: ja (standard); jo, joa (informal); joch (dialectal)\nPolish: jo\nLuxembourgish: jo\nYiddish: יאָ (yo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "já"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: já\nIcelandic: já\nFaroese: ja\nNorwegian Nynorsk: ja\nNorwegian Bokmål: ja\nOld Swedish: iā\nSwedish: ja\nDanish: ja, jo",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: já\nIcelandic: já\nFaroese: ja\nNorwegian Nynorsk: ja\nNorwegian Bokmål: ja\nOld Swedish: iā\nSwedish: ja\nDanish: ja, jo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌾𐌰",
            "3": "𐌾𐌰𐌹"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐌾𐌰 (ja), 𐌾𐌰𐌹 (jai)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐌾𐌰 (ja), 𐌾𐌰𐌹 (jai)"
    }
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "already"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ja",
  "pos": "particle",
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        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "96 4",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        "yes (confirmation particle)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ja-gem-pro-particle-sR73dQ9Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "yes",
          "yes"
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      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "thus, so"
      ],
      "id": "en-ja-gem-pro-particle-guWHs20u",
      "links": [
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          "thus",
          "thus"
        ],
        [
          "so",
          "so"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "jai"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ja"
}
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    "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-Germanic particles",
    "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "jai"
    },
    {
      "word": "jabai"
    },
    {
      "word": "jahw"
    },
    {
      "word": "jah"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *jā\nOld English: ġēa, iā; ġē\nMiddle English: ȝea, ye, ya\nScots: ya, yea, ay, aye, yo\nEnglish: ya, yea, yo\nOld Frisian: jē, gē; jā, jē, jō\nSaterland Frisian: ja, jee\nWest Frisian: ja\nOld Saxon: jā, giā; ge, gi, gie, gia\nMiddle Low German: ja, jâ\nGerman Low German: ja\nOld Dutch: jā\nMiddle Dutch: jâ\nDutch: ja\nAfrikaans: ja\nLimburgish: jao\nOld High German: jā; joh, ioh\nMiddle High German: ja, jā; joch\nAlemannic German: ja, jaa, jòò, jä\nBavarian:\nCimbrian: ja\nViennese: jå\nGerman: ja (standard); jo, joa (informal); joch (dialectal)\nPolish: jo\nLuxembourgish: jo\nYiddish: יאָ (yo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "já"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: já\nIcelandic: já\nFaroese: ja\nNorwegian Nynorsk: ja\nNorwegian Bokmål: ja\nOld Swedish: iā\nSwedish: ja\nDanish: ja, jo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌾𐌰",
            "3": "𐌾𐌰𐌹"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐌾𐌰 (ja), 𐌾𐌰𐌹 (jai)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐌾𐌰 (ja), 𐌾𐌰𐌹 (jai)"
    }
  ],
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        "5": "already"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "iam",
        "3": "",
        "4": "already"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin iam (“already”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "yes (confirmation particle)"
      ],
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          "yes",
          "yes"
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      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thus, so"
      ],
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        [
          "thus",
          "thus"
        ],
        [
          "so",
          "so"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "jai"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ja"
}

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