yaa

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

yaa (plural yaas)

  1. The letter ي‎ (y) in the Arabic script.
Translations[edit]

Usage notes[edit]

  • Some Arabic-based languages use variations of the letter, e.g. Persian uses ی‎ (ye).

Anagrams[edit]

Navajo[edit]

Postposition[edit]

yaa

  1. to him/her/it
  2. about him/her/it

Inflection[edit]

Navajo postpositions
singular duoplural
1st person shaa nihaa
2nd person naa nihaa
3rd person baa
4th person (3o) yaa
4th person (3a) haa
4th person (3i) aa —
reflexive ádaa —
reciprocal — ahaa

Adverb[edit]

yaa

  1. down, downward

Yosondúa Mixtec[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec yâá, Chayuco Mixtec yaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec yaa, San Miguel El Grande Mixtec yáa.

Noun[edit]

yaa

  1. tongue
  2. flame

Etymology 2[edit]

Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec yaa, Chayuco Mixtec yaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec yáa, San Miguel El Grande Mixtec yaā.

Noun[edit]

yaa

  1. song
  2. music

Etymology 3[edit]

Cognate with Chayuco Mixtec ñiyaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec nyaà, San Miguel El Grande Mixtec yaā.

Noun[edit]

yaa

  1. ash
  2. hominy

References[edit]

  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 89
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