yay

See also: Yay

English

Alternative forms

• yea

Etymology 1

Alteration of yea (“yes; even, truly, verily”). More at yea.

Pronunciation

• enPR: yā, IPA^(key): /jeɪ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophone: yea

Interjection

yay

1. Misspelling of yea.
2. (colloquial) An expression of happiness.

   Yay! I have finally finished my work!

Synonyms

• (an expression of happiness): hooray

Derived terms

• yayness

Translations

an expression of happiness

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 好哇 (zh) (hǎowā), 萬歲 (zh), 万岁 (zh) (wànsuì)

• Czech: hurá
• Dutch: joepie (nl)
• Finnish: jippii, jess, hurraa
• French: hourra (fr), youpi (fr)
• Georgian: ვაშა (vaša)
• German: juhu (de), hurra (de)
• Hungarian: juhé

• Icelandic: jei, vei
• Japanese: やったー (yattā), やった (yatta), 万歳 (ja) (ばんざい, banzai), イェーイ (iēi)
• Korean: 만세 (ko) (manse) (萬歲 (ko))
• Portuguese: eba, viva (pt), oba (pt), iúpi (pt)
• Russian: ура́ (ru) (urá)
• Spanish: yupi (es), órale (es), hurra (es)
• Swedish: jippi (sv), hurra (sv), tjoho
• Vietnamese: hoan hô (vi), vạn tuế (vi) (萬歲)

Adverb

yay (not comparable)

1. (chiefly US) so, this (accompanied by a hand gesture)

   The pony was yay high.

Alternative forms

• yea

See also

• nay

Etymology 2

From the sound it represents, by analogy with the other palatal letters chay and jay.

Noun

yay (plural yays)

1. The letter for the y sound in Pitman shorthand.

Related terms

• wye, the name of the Latin letter for this sound

Etymology 3

From Spanish llello.

Alternative forms

• yayo, yay-yo, yeyo

Noun

yay (uncountable)

1. (US, slang) Cocaine (powder or crack).
   • 2006, "They Shootin'", Vibe, December 2006:

     In Billy Corben's engrossing new documentary, Cocaine Cowboys (Magnolia Pictures), self-described "assassin" Jorge "Rivi" Ayala (among others) give up the goods on Miami's explosive early '80s yay trade.

   • 2009, Tyrone Pierson, Murder in the Moonlight, AuthorHouse (2009), ISBN 9781438965154, page 339:

     I'm in charge of a whole city block, and I always wear gloves when I touch the yay, cuz traces of cocaine show up on my u. a., when I touch it with my bare hands.

   • 2012, Azealia Banks, "Liquorice", 1991:

     I don't do yay, but if you want to, fine

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:cocaine.

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Azeri

Noun

yay (definite accusative yayı, plural yaylar)

1. summer

Declension

Declension of yay

	singular	plural
nominative	yay	yaylar
definite accusative	yayı	yayları
dative	yaya	yaylara
locative	yayda	yaylarda
ablative	yaydan	yaylardan
definite genitive	yayın	yayların

See also

Seasons in Azeri · ? (layout · text)
yaz (“spring”)	yay (“summer”)	payız (“autumn”)	qış (“winter”)

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic ya, from Proto-Turkic *jā(j) (“bow”).

Noun

yay (definite accusative yayı, plural yaylar)

1. bow (weapon)