yay
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[edit] Etymology 1
Alteration of yea (“yes", also, "even, truly, verily”). More at yea.
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yay
- (colloquial) yes
- An expression of happiness
- "Yay! I have finally finished my work!"
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an interjection of happiness
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yay (not comparable)
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yay (plural yays)
- The name of the letter for the y sound in Pitman shorthand.
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- wye, the name of the Latin letter for this sound
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yay
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From Old Turkic ya, from Proto-Turkic *jā(j) (“bow”).
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yay
- bow (weapon)