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yat
English
Alternative forms
- jat
Noun
yat (plural yats)
- A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital ?, Cyrillic small ?, Glagolitic ?), no longer in current use
- The Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) vowel that was represented by this letter, usually transcribed as /?/. This vowel underwent various alterations in the later Slavic dialects and is no longer distinguished (except in Ijekavian).
Translations
Anagrams
- AYT, Tay, tay
Kalasha
Noun
yat
- remembrance, memory
Turkish
Etymology 1
From English yacht.
Noun
yat (definite accusative yat?, plural yatlar)
- yacht
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic *j?t (“foreign(er)”).
Noun
yat (definite accusative yat?, plural yatlar)
- (dialectal) foreigner
Etymology 3
Verb
yat
- second-person singular imperative of yatmak
Volapük
Noun
yat (nominative plural yats)
- squirrel
Declension
Derived terms
- hiyat
- hiyatül
- yatül
- jiyat
- jiyatül
yat From the web:
- what ya doing
- what yakuza game to play first
- what yall doing gif
- what yacht to do
- what yarn to use for crochet
- what yall finna get into
yay
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: y?, IPA(key): /je?/
- Rhymes: -e?
- Homophone: yea
Etymology 1
Alteration of yea (“yes; even, truly, verily”). More at yea.
Alternative forms
- yea
Interjection
yay
- (colloquial) An expression of happiness.
- Yay! I have finally finished my work!
- Misspelling of yea.
Synonyms
- (an expression of happiness): hooray
Derived terms
- yayness
Translations
Adverb
yay (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of yea
- The tree was yay big.
See also
- nay
Etymology 2
From the sound it represents, by analogy with the other palatal letters chay and jay.
Noun
yay (plural yays)
- 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)
- (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, 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
- 2006, "They Shootin'", Vibe, December 2006:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:cocaine.
Anagrams
- ayy
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [j?j]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *y?y (“summer”).
Noun
yay (definite accusative yay?, plural yaylar)
- summer
See also
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic *y?(y) (“bow”).
Noun
yay (definite accusative yay?, plural yaylar)
- bow (a weapon used for shooting arrows)
Declension
References
Middle English
Pronoun
yay
- Alternative form of þei (“they”)
Ojibwe
Particle
yay
- exclamation
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish ???? (yay), from Proto-Turkic *y?(y) (“bow”).
Cognate with Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar yay Gagauz yay or yay?, Bashkir ???? (yäyä) or ?? (yan), Chuvash ?? (?u), Nogai ?? (yay), Khakas ????? (çacax), Karaim yay, Karakalpak jay, Kazakh ??? (jay), Kyrgyz ??? (caa) ,Southern Altai ??? (?aa, “bow”), Tatar ???? (cäyä) ,Turkmen ýaaý, Uzbek yoy,Tuvan ?? (ça), Uyghur ??? (ya) etc.
Noun
yay (definite accusative yay?, plural yaylar)
- bow (weapon)
Etymology 2
Verb
yay
- second-person singular imperative of yaymak
yay From the web:
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- what yay stands for
- what yaya means
- what yay or nay means
- what yayo means
- what yaya says
- what's yaya phone number
- what's yaya panton real name
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