different between yaws vs yas

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j??z/
• Homophone: yours (some non-rhotic accents)

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain.

Noun

yaws (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries.
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 16:

     Other threats came from organisms co-evolving with humans, including tapeworms and such spirochaetes as Treponema, the agent of syphilis, and the similar skin infection, yaws.

Synonyms

• parangi

Translations

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Verb

yaws

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yaw

Noun

yaws

1. plural of yaw

Anagrams

• -ways, Sway, sway, ways

English

Interjection

yas

1. (often African-American Vernacular) Nonstandard spelling of yes.

Pronoun

yas

1. Nonstandard spelling of yous.

Derived terms

• yas'm

Further reading

• "Where Does "YAAAS" Come From?" in Bustle

Anagrams

• AYs, ays, say

Aleut

Pronunciation

• (Western) IPA^(key): /?jas/

Noun

yas

1. (Western) reef (rocks at or near surface of water)

References

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

Navajo

Alternative forms

• zas (Eastern Navajo)

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *y?x?s. Cognate with Sarcee zas, Chipewyan ya?, Beaver yas, Carrier yv?, Sekani yas, Ahtna yaas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??s/

Noun

yas

1. (Western Navajo) snow

Derived terms

• yas dit?é?é (“wet snow”)
• Yas Ni?t?ees
• yaskáá?