ya

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5
Words With Friends
4
Letters
2
Pronunciation
/jə/
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/jə/ · /jɑː/ · /ˈjɑː/(UK) · /ˈjɐ/(UK) · /jɑ/ · [jɑː˨˦]

Definition of ya

11 senses · 7 parts of speech · etymology included

pron

  1. (alt-of, nonstandard)Nonstandard spelling of you.
    “But you don't really care for music, do ya?”
    “Lola got a shocked look on her face then said, “Ya need to stop actin' jealous if ya aint, and ya can't control what I do. Ya aint my daddy and ya aint my man. I'll see ya tomorrah after work if ya want. Just give me a call, ya have my number”.”
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pron

  1. (alt-of, nonstandard)Nonstandard spelling of you.
    “But you don't really care for music, do ya?”
    “Lola got a shocked look on her face then said, “Ya need to stop actin' jealous if ya aint, and ya can't control what I do. Ya aint my daddy and ya aint my man. I'll see ya tomorrah after work if ya want. Just give me a call, ya have my number”.”

intj

  1. (informal)Yeah; yes.
  2. (informal)Go. (Spoken to horses and cattle.)
  3. (Malaysia, Singapore, informal)Yes, yeah (used to express affirmation)

adv

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, West-Country, dialectal, not-comparable)yea; yes
    “'Ya, wilt thou!' said Wallace, 'then tak thee that, […]'”
    “Ya, auld man, ye ken fine ye wad like me.”
    “Ya, bur 'ee did, […]”

det

  1. (alt-of, nonstandard)Nonstandard spelling of your.

noun

  1. A letter of the Cyrillic alphabet: Я, я.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, especially, initialism)Initialism of young adult
    “22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love becomes a stratagem and growing up is a matter of basic survival.”
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of youth authority.

particle

  1. (Manglish, Singlish)Used to form a confirmation-seeking tag question, expecting an affirmative response.
    “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?…”

name

  1. A surname from Tamil.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Reduced form of you. Compare Dutch je, reduced/unstressed form of jij (“you”).

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