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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
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yey
English
Interjection
yey
- Alternative spelling of yay
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *yeg, cognate with Old Turkic ????????????? (y²ig), Turkmen ýeg, Turkish yey, ye?, possibly with Chuvash ?? (?i, “up, upper”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jej] (Jabrayil, Gadabay, Goychay, Göygöl, Imishli, Meghri, Shamakhi, Tartar)
- IPA(key): [je?] (Quba, Ordubad)
Adjective
yey (obsolete or dialectal)
- good, better
- Synonyms: eyi, yax??, yax??raq
Further reading
- “yey” in Obastan.com.
Classical Nahuatl
Numeral
yey
- Obsolete spelling of ?yi
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *ja?, itself from Proto-Celtic *yegis. Cognate with Irish oighear, Scottish Gaelic eigh, and Welsh iâ.
Noun
yey m
- ice
References
- http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/
Pipil
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *e?y?, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pahi. Compare Classical Nahuatl ?yi (“three”). Cognate with Yaqui baji (“three”) and Hopi pàayo' (“three”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /je?j/
Numeral
y?y
- three
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