different between yay vs nah

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

1. (colloquial) An expression of happiness.

   Yay! I have finally finished my work!

2. Misspelling of yea.

Synonyms

• (an expression of happiness): hooray

Derived terms

• yayness

Translations

Adverb

yay (not comparable)

1. 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)

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, 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 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)

1. summer

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *y?(y) (“bow”).

Noun

yay (definite accusative yay?, plural yaylar)

1. bow (a weapon used for shooting arrows)

Declension

References

Middle English

Pronoun

yay

1. Alternative form of þei (“they”)

Ojibwe

Particle

yay

1. 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)

1. bow (weapon)

Etymology 2

Verb

yay

1. second-person singular imperative of yaymak

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [næ?], [n??]

Interjection

nah

1. (informal) no

Translations

Anagrams

• HNA, Han, ahn, han

German

Alternative forms

• nahe (dated or very formal; also a preposition, which is formal too)

Etymology

From Middle High German n?h, from Old High German n?h, from Proto-Germanic *n?hw. Compare English nigh. Doublet of nach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na?/, [na?]
• Rhymes: -a?

Adjective

nah (comparative näher, superlative am nächsten)

1. near (in space or time or in an abstract sense), nearby
   • 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 573:

Declension

Antonyms

• fern

Derived terms

• körpernah
• Nahkampf
• regierungsnah
• zeitnah

Adverb

nah

1. near (in space or time or in an abstract sense)

Antonyms

• weit
• fern

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nah/

Conjunction

nah

1. Used in a narrative or an argument. It appears at the beginning of a sentence and suggests that the previous part of the narrative or argument is complete and clear and that the speaker is about to move on to the next part or step. The following are the closest equivalents in English.

   "Now" or "Okay, now..."

   Nah, itu yang tidak bisa kita ketahui

   Now, that's what we haven't been able to find out.

   Lalu saya dipecat dengan tidak hormat. Nah, ini yang minimbulkan perasaan bahwa itu keterlaluan.

   Then I was given a dishonourable dismissal. Now, this is what made me feel that they had over-stepped the mark.

Interjection

nah

1. I told you so! See?! (at long last the penny's dropped).

   Nah! Makanya jangan makan buah banyak-banyak (a mother scolding a child who has a stomachache)

   See?! That's why you shouldn't eat a lot of fruit.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nah/
• Rhymes: -nah, -ah

Interjection

nah (Jawi spelling ???)

1. here! (when giving something).

Further reading

• “nah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Munsee

Particle

náh

1. there

References

• O'Meara, John (2014) , “náh”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, ?ISBN

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *n?hw. Cognates include Old English n?h, n?ah and Old Norse ná.

Adjective

n?h

1. close
2. near

Derived terms

• n?h?

Descendants

• Middle High German: n?ch
  • Alemannic German: naach, nooch
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: nå

    Mòcheno: no

  • Central Franconian: noh
  • German: nah
  • Luxembourgish: no

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *n?hwiz.

Preposition

n?h (takes dative)

1. towards
2. after (time)

Descendants

• Middle High German: n?h
  • German: nach
  • Luxembourgish: no
  • Yiddish: ????? (nokh)

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *n?hw. Cognates include Old English n?ah and Old Norse ná.

Adjective

n?h (comparative n?hiro, superlative n?hist)

1. near
2. close

Declension

See also

• n?ho

Descendants

• Middle Low German: nâch, nâ
  • German Low German: na

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *n?hwiz.

Preposition

n?h (takes dative)

1. to, towards

Turkish

Etymology

From either Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Serbo-Croatian ??

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?h/

Interjection

nah

1. (informal) lo!, there it is!

2. (vulgar) Makes the following word negative

3. (vulgar) accompanies the fig sign (compare Russian ?????)