yah

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Gullah yuh (here)

[edit] Adverb

yah (not comparable)

Positive
yah

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. (African American Vernacular, location) here
    • c. 1930, Reverend Marvin V. Frey, Revival Choruses of Marvin V. Frey, “Come By Here”:
      Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah

[edit] Etymology 2

Simply an alternative pronunciation.

[edit] Adverb

yah (not comparable)

Positive
yah

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. (British, India, South African) yes.
    Yah, we did go along but it turned out the wedding was a load of nonsense.

[edit] Etymology 3

From the pronunciation of “yes” by Sloane Rangers

[edit] Noun

Singular
yah

Plural
yahs

yah (plural yahs)

  1. (British, informal) an upper-class person, especially a Sloane Ranger

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