different between faa vs yaa

English

Noun

faa (plural faas)

1. The letter ? in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

• A.A.F., AAF, AFA

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• faahe

Etymology

From Old High German f?han, from Proto-Germanic *fanhan?. Compare German fahen, fangen, Dutch vangen, English fang, Icelandic fá.

Verb

faa

1. (Uri) to catch

Conjugation

Strong:

Mixed:

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 86.

Jamamadí

Noun

faa

1. (Banawá) water

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Middle English

Noun

faa

1. Alternative form of fo

Swahili

Etymology

Of Bantu origin.

Pronunciation

Verb

-faa (infinitive kufaa)

1. to fit
2. to be suitable or useful

   Synonym: halisi

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • kifaa

Woleaian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

faa

1. four

English

Noun

yaa (plural yaas)

1. The letter ?? (y) in the Arabic script.

Translations

Usage notes

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

Anagrams

• AYA, Aya, aya

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ja?/

Noun

yáa f 

1. Apocopic form of yayya

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 143

Chichicapan Zapotec

Noun

yaa

1. temazcal, a type of sweat lodge, usually built with adobe bricks

Navajo

Postposition

yaa

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

Inflection

Adverb

yaa

1. down, downward

Tataltepec Chatino

Noun

yaa

1. nopal

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology 1

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

Noun

yaa

1. tongue
2. flame

Etymology 2

Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec yaa, Chayuco Mixtec yaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec yáa, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec ya?.

Noun

yaa

1. song
2. music

Etymology 3

Cognate with Chayuco Mixtec ñiyaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec nyaà, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec ya?.

Noun

yaa

1. ash
2. hominy

References

• 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)?^[2] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 89