ya

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Pronoun 1.1.2.1 Derived terms 1.1.3 See also 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Interjection 1.3 Anagrams 2 Chamorro 2.1 Conjunction 2.2 Usage notes 3 Indonesian 3.1 Interjection 4 Japanese 4.1 Noun 4.2 Particle 5 Malay 5.1 Interjection 6 Mandarin 6.1 Pinyin 6.2 Pinyin syllable 6.2.1 Usage notes 7 Spanish 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Adverb 7.2.1 Synonyms 7.3 Conjunction 8 Turkish 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Conjunction 9 Warao 9.1 Noun 9.1.1 Synonyms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

Reduced form of you.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /jə/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ʌ

[edit] Pronoun

ya

1. Eye dialect spelling of you.

   Yo homes, smell ya later!

[edit] Derived terms

• -cha
• chewie on ya boot
• -ja
• love ya
• see ya
• smell ya later
• there ya go
• whaddaya

[edit] See also

• yer

[edit] Etymology 2

Apparently from German ja and cognates in other Germanic languages; related to English yeah.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ja/

[edit] Interjection

ya

1. (informal) Yeah, yes.
2. (informal) Go. (Spoken to horses and cattle.)

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of ay

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[edit] Chamorro

[edit] Conjunction

ya

1. and

[edit] Usage notes

Used to indicate causation. To connect two similar words or phrases the alternate yan.

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[edit] Indonesian

[edit] Interjection

ya

1. yes

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

ya (hiragana や)

1. 矢: arrow
2. 屋: store
3. や: hiragana letter ya
4. ヤ: katakana letter ya

[edit] Particle

ya (hiragana や)

1. や: and; is, are

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[edit] Malay

[edit] Interjection

ya

1. yes
2. interjection to call attention (followed by name):

   Ya Allah!

   O God!

3. grammatical particle for confirmation

   Dia orang kaya ya?

   Is he that rich?

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin

ya (form of ya0 or ya5)

1. 你，汝，尔：you，your
2. 呀：interjection

[edit] Pinyin syllable

ya

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, yā, yá, yǎ, or yà.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin iam. Compare Portuguese já.

[edit] Adverb

ya

1. now
2. already
3. in the near future; soon
4. immediately
5. anymore; no longer
6. emphatical

   ¡Ya lo sé! — “I know!”

7. (in negatives) only

   no ya... — “not only...”

8. (before pero) yes

   ya, pero... — “yes, but...”

9. (before que) since, now

   ya que... — “now that...”

[edit] Synonyms

• (now): ahora, (colloquial) ahorita
• (immediately): ahora mismo

[edit] Conjunction

ya ... ya ...

1. first (something) then (something else); first (something), now (something else)

   ¡Ya lluvia ya nieve! — “First rain, now snow!”

2. whether (something) or (something else)

   ya sol ya lluvia — “whether sun or rain”

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Etymology

From Persian یا (yâ).

[edit] Conjunction

ya

1. or

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[edit] Warao

[edit] Noun

ya

1. sun

[edit] Synonyms

• hokohi