different between yup vs yas

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

Noun

yup (plural yups)

1. (informal) A yes; an affirmative answer.
   • 1984, Graduating engineer, Volumes 6-7 (page 147)

     But you positively must have much, much more than the laconic "yups" and "nups" of the John Waynes and Gary Coopers...

   • 2003, Susie Moloney, The Dwelling (page 278)

     Petey's end was all yups and nopes. And an okay.

Synonyms

• yep

Antonyms

• (informal: a yes): nope

Interjection

yup

1. (informal) Yes.

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

yup (plural yups)

1. (informal) Clipping of yuppie.
   • 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage 2014, p. 448:

     Maxine has joined her sister Brooke's state-of-the-art health club Megareps around the corner but isn't quite used yet to this nightly spectacle of yups on treadmills, plodding to nowhere while watching CNN or the sports channels […]

Anagrams

• Pyu, puy

Catacao

Noun

yup

1. water

References

• ?estmír Loukotka, ?Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 261

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English yup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?p/
• Hyphenation: yup
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

yup m (plural yuppen, diminutive yupje n)

1. yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)

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?