different between yis vs yas

English

Pronunciation 1

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /j?s/

Adverb

yis (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of yes.

Pronunciation 2

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /jiz/

Pronoun

yis

1. (Ireland, especially Dublin) Alternative form of yous

Anagrams

• Isy

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English yeast.

Noun

yîs m

1. yeast

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ??se, ??se; equivalent to Old English ??a + s?e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jis/, /j?s/, /-z/

Interjection

yis

1. yes

Alternative forms

• yes, yesse, yus, yhis, ?is, ?ise, ?isse, ?es, ?eis, ?eisse, ?eus, ?us, ?use, ?his, ?ys, ?yse, ?ysse, ?eys, ?eysse, ?hys

Adverb

yis

1. yes

Descendants

• English: yes
• Middle Scots: ?is, ?es, ?eis

References

• “yis, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “yis, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

yis (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of is (“ice”)

Etymology 3

Determiner

yis

1. (East Anglia) Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Etymology 4

Determiner

yis

1. (chiefly Northern, East Anglia) Alternative form of þis (“this”)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English yeast.

Noun

yis

1. yeast

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?