See ya in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English dialectal terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Northern England English",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"Scottish English",
"West Country English"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1806, Jamieson, Pop. Ballads:",
"text": "'Ya, wilt thou!' said Wallace, 'then tak thee that, […]'",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1894, W. G. Stevenson, Puddin' iii.:",
"text": "Ya, auld man, ye ken fine ye wad like me.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1896, Ackworth, Clog Shop Chron.:",
"text": "Ya, bur 'ee did, […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"yea; yes"
],
"links": [
[
"yea",
"yea"
],
[
"yes",
"yes"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK dialectal, West Country, Northern England, Scotland) yea; yes"
],
"tags": [
"Northern-England",
"Scotland",
"UK",
"West-Country",
"dialectal",
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjɑː/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"West-Country"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjɐ/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"West-Country"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑː"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɐ"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "yaa"
},
{
"word": "yaw"
},
{
"word": "yah"
},
{
"word": "yha"
}
],
"word": "ya"
}
{
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"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English particles",
"English terms borrowed from Malay",
"English terms derived from Dutch",
"English terms derived from Malay",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Pages with 75 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Cyrillic letter names"
],
"etymology_number": 4,
"etymology_text": "Variation of hyah.",
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ya",
"name": "en-interjection"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"Go. (Spoken to horses and cattle.)"
],
"links": [
[
"Go",
"go"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Go. (Spoken to horses and cattle.)"
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
"word": "ya"
}
{
"categories": [
"English determiners",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English particles",
"English terms borrowed from Malay",
"English terms derived from Dutch",
"English terms derived from Malay",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Pages with 75 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Cyrillic letter names"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "chewie on ya boot"
}
],
"etymology_number": 5,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "determiner",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "ya",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ya",
"name": "en-det"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "det",
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{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "your"
}
],
"categories": [
"English nonstandard forms"
],
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"Nonstandard spelling of your."
],
"links": [
[
"your",
"your#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"nonstandard"
]
}
],
"word": "ya"
}
{
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"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English particles",
"English terms borrowed from Malay",
"English terms borrowed from Russian",
"English terms derived from Dutch",
"English terms derived from Malay",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Russian",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 75 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Belarusian translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"en:Cyrillic letter names"
],
"etymology_number": 6,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ru",
"3": "я"
},
"expansion": "Russian я (ja)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Russian я (ja).",
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{
"form": "yas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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"lang_code": "en",
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{
"glosses": [
"A letter of the Cyrillic alphabet: Я, я."
],
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[
"Я",
"Я"
],
[
"я",
"я"
]
]
}
],
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ja",
"sense": "a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet \"Я/я\"",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "я"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet \"Я/я\"",
"word": "ja"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ja",
"sense": "a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet \"Я/я\"",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "я"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ja",
"sense": "a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet \"Я/я\"",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "я"
}
],
"word": "ya"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English particles",
"English terms borrowed from Malay",
"English terms derived from Dutch",
"English terms derived from Malay",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Pages with 75 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Cyrillic letter names"
],
"etymology_number": 7,
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ms",
"3": "ya"
},
"expansion": "Malay ya",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nl",
"3": "ja"
},
"expansion": "Dutch ja",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*ja"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ja",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "yes"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of yes",
"name": "dbt"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Malay ya, from Dutch ja (and ultimately Proto-Germanic *ja). Reinforced by informal variants of yes in English (e.g., yeah). Doublet of yes.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ya",
"name": "en-interjection"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
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{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"Malaysian English",
"Singapore English"
],
"glosses": [
"Yes, yeah (used to express affirmation)"
],
"links": [
[
"Yes",
"yes#English"
],
[
"yeah",
"yeah"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, Singapore, Malaysia) Yes, yeah (used to express affirmation)"
],
"tags": [
"Malaysia",
"Singapore",
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jɑ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[jɑː˨˦]",
"note": "in tag questions"
}
],
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{
"word": "yeah"
},
{
"word": "yea"
},
{
"word": "yah"
}
],
"word": "ya"
}
{
"categories": [
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English particles",
"English terms borrowed from Malay",
"English terms derived from Dutch",
"English terms derived from Malay",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Pages with 75 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Cyrillic letter names"
],
"etymology_number": 7,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ms",
"3": "ya"
},
"expansion": "Malay ya",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nl",
"3": "ja"
},
"expansion": "Dutch ja",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*ja"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ja",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "yes"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of yes",
"name": "dbt"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Malay ya, from Dutch ja (and ultimately Proto-Germanic *ja). Reinforced by informal variants of yes in English (e.g., yeah). Doublet of yes.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "particle",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ya",
"name": "en-particle"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "particle",
"related": [
{
"sense": "question tags in Singlish",
"word": "is it"
},
{
"sense": "question tags in Singlish",
"word": "ah"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Manglish",
"Singlish"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1983, Stella Kon, Emily of Emerald Hill, →ISBN, Act 1, page 21:",
"text": "What about yourself Mr Chee, never look a day older, you'll see the rest of us six feet under… Really you look very well. I heard you went for new treatment in Switzerland ya?…",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to form a confirmation-seeking tag question, expecting an affirmative response."
],
"links": [
[
"tag question",
"tag question#English"
],
[
"affirmative",
"affirmative#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Singlish, Manglish) Used to form a confirmation-seeking tag question, expecting an affirmative response."
],
"tags": [
"Manglish",
"Singlish"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jɑ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[jɑː˨˦]",
"note": "in tag questions"
}
],
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{
"word": "yeah"
},
{
"word": "yea"
},
{
"word": "yah"
}
],
"word": "ya"
}
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