ya - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Reduced form of you. Compare Dutch je, reduced/unstressed form of jij (“you”).

• IPA^(key): /jʌ/
• Rhymes: -ʌ

ya

1. Nonstandard spelling of you.

   • 2011, Byron Douglas, chapter 3, in A Journey Through the Life of an Anti-Social‎^[64–65], →ISBN:

     Lola got a shocked look on her face then said, “Ya need to stop actin' jealous if ya aint, and ya can't control what I do. Ya aint my daddy and ya aint my man. I'll see ya tomorrah after work if ya want. Just give me a call, ya have my number”.

• Never used with prosodic stress.

• yer

Apparently from German ja and cognates in other Germanic languages; related to English yeah.

• IPA^(key): /jɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑ

ya

2. (informal) Yeah; yes.

From Middle English ya, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”). More at yea.

• yaa, yaw, yah, yha

• (West Country, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑː/, /ˈjɐ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː, -ɐ

ya (not comparable)

1. (UK dialectal, West Country, Northern England, Scotland) yea; yes

   • 1806, Jamieson, Pop. Ballads:

     'Ya, wilt thou!' said Wallace, 'then tak thee that, […] '

   • 1894, W. G. Stevenson, Puddin' iii.:

     Ya, auld man, ye ken fine ye wad like me.

   • 1896, Ackworth, Clog Shop Chron.:

     Ya, bur 'ee did, […]

Variation of hyah.

ya

1. (informal) Go. (Spoken to horses and cattle.)

ya

1. Nonstandard spelling of your.

• chewie on ya boot

From Russian я (ja).

ya (plural yas)

1. A letter of the Cyrillic alphabet: Я, я.

• -ay, AY, ay, ay^

ya

1. water

• František Kratochvíl, A grammar of Abui: a Papuan language of Alor (2007)
• František Kratochvíl, Benidiktus Delpada, Abui-Indonesian-English Dictionary (2008)

ya

1. (Yadhaykenu) throw

• Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 537

ya

1. (transitive, Mpakwithi) to give
2. (transitive, Mpakwithi) to bring

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 189

ya

1. bad

Borrowed from Arabic يَا (yā, “o, hey, you”).

• IPA^(key): [jɑː]

ya

1. vocative particle

   Synonym: ey

   Ya Əli! (Shiite exclamation) ― O Ali!

Borrowed from Persian یا (yâ, “either, or”).

• IPA^(key): /jɑ/

ya … ya …

1. either … or

   Ya bu, ya da o. İkisinə də birdən pulumuz çatmaz.

   [Choose] either this or that. We can't afford to buy them both at once.

• “ya” in Obastan.com.

ya

1. Friday (day of the week)

ya

1. bad

• IPA^(key): /ja/

ya

1. mouth

• Page 74 of Zuckermann, Ghil'ad, Emma Richards and the Barngarla (2021), Mangiri Yarda (Healthy Country: Barngarla Wellbeing and Nature), Adelaide: Revivalistics Press.

ya

1. fire

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

ya

1. yes, word used to show agreement or acceptance.

   Ya, gwir eo! ― Yes, that's correct!

• nann (“no”)

ya

1. Alternative spelling of your (“2st person singular possessive determiner”)

ya

1. third person; he, she

ya

1. and

Used to indicate causation. To connect two similar words or phrases the alternate yan.

Inherited from Spanish ya.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝa/, [ˈʝ͡ʝa]

ya

1. indicates the past tense

ya (stative, irregular)

1. to be (something)

• It cannot be used by itself and must always have a preceding noun that names what it or the person "is".
• It can only be used with a Class II subject marker.
• Ya is never used with N prefixes.
• It can be used with verb suffixes such as -tok, -taam, -a'chi, etc.
• For sentences where a Class II subject marker is not needed or cannot be used, then the verb root oo can be used instead.
• For the future tense, a'chi can be used as a standalone word rather than a suffix completely replacing the use of a verb and having the meaning "will be". Similarly, a'ni, "might be" could possibly work in a similar fashion, replacing the presence of an explicit verb as well, although it is not normally used in sentences expressing being something.
• The prefix hoo- is never used with any forms of the verb "to be" (ya, oo, a'chi).
• To ask questions such as "Is it a/an....", see the entries for the noun suffixes -to̠ (used after consonants) and -hto̠ (used after vowels).

• oo

ya

1. here

ya

1. third person; he, she

• yaha
• yahaya

ya

1. wind

From Old Galician-Portuguese ja, from Latin iam (“already”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈja/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ya

ya

1. already

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

ya

1. to go

ya

1. fire

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

ya

1. water

Borrowed from Esperanto ja.

• IPA^(key): /ja/

ya

1. indeed

• IPA^(key): /ja/

ya (independent form, dependent form o)

1. (personal, epicene) he, she, it

Borrowed from Kankanaey ya.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaʔ/ [ˈjɐʔ]

ya (Kur-itan spelling ᜌ)

1. (Baguio, Benguet) Expressing apprehension following or preceding a reasoning or excuse; eh.

   Haanko ammo ya.

   I don't know eh.

• IPA^(key): /ja/
• Rhymes: -ja
• Hyphenation: ya

Probably from Dutch ja.

ya

1. used to show agreement or acceptance; yes

   Synonym: hooh

   Ya, aku setuju denganmu.

   Yes, I agree with you.

2. used to reinforce a question; huh

   Kamu punya cewek baru, ya?

   You have a new girlfriend, huh?

3. used to emphasize curiosity about a question.

   Siapa ya, guru baru kita yang akan mengajar di kelas ini.

   Who is our new teacher who will teach at this class?.

4. used to indicate a request; okay

   Besok kumpulkan tugasnya, ya.

   Turn in your assignment tomorrow, okay?

• iya

Inherited from Malay ya, from Classical Malay ي (ya), from Arabic يَا (yā).

ya

1. the vocative particle, used for direct address; O

   Ya ampun!

   O gosh!

   (literally, “O mercy!”)

• “ya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

t

Derived from English here.

• IPA^(key): /ja/

ya

1. here

   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 24:26:

     So ef sumadi go se, "Luk ya, im iina di dezot." No go out de. Ar ef dem se, "Luk ya! luk ya! Im a aid ya-so!" No lisn dem.

     So if they tell you, "Look, he's out in the desert," don't go looking there; or if they say, "Look, he's secretly here," don't believe it.

     (literally, “So if somebody says, "Look here, he's in the desert." don't go there. Or if they say "Look here! Look here! He's hiding right here! don't listen to them.”)

• yaso

• ya at majstro.com

ya

1. The hiragana syllable や (ya) or the katakana syllable ヤ (ya) in Hepburn romanization.

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ja/ [jʌ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ya

ya

1. and

   Synonym: ken

   • 2017, Diocese of Baguio, “Acclamacion [Acclamation]”, in Aweng Rambak: Hymnal of the Diocese of Baguio (overall work in English, Tagalog, Ilocano, and Kankanaey), Baguio: Diocese of Baguio, page 178:

     Nu kanenmi nan tinapay
     Ya inumen nan calis

     When we eat this bread
     And drink this chalice

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ˈjaʔ/ [ˈjʌʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ya

ya

1. Expressing apprehension following or preceding a reasoning or excuse; eh.

   Aw, nanlaklakoda ya.

   Yes, they are selling eh.

ya

1. water

• Carol Priestley, Talking about space in Koromu
• Carol Priestley, Social categories, shared experience, reciprocity and endangered meanings: examples from Koromu

ya

1. of

ya

1. water

• Johannes A. Z'graggen, A Comparative Word list of the Rai Coast Languages, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Linguistics (1980) (as Sinsauru)

ya

1. to eat

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “ya”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 103

ya

1. of

In colloquial Lingala, this does not vary depending on noun class.

• (Etymology 1 & 2):
  • IPA^(key): [ja]
  • Rhymes: -a
• (Etymology 3):
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [jə]
    • Rhymes: -ə
  • (Baku) IPA^(key): [ja]
    • Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ya

From Arabic يَا (yā, “vocative particle”).

ya (Jawi spelling يا)

1. Used to get attention; hey, oh.

   Synonyms: wahai, hai

From Arabic يَا (yā, letter name).

ya (Jawi spelling يا, plural ya-ya, informal 1st possessive yaku, 2nd possessive yamu, 3rd possessive yanya)

1. The 29th letter of the Arabic alphabet (ي).

   huruf ya ― the letter ya

From Dutch ja, from Middle Dutch ja, from Old Dutch *jā, from Proto-Germanic *ja.

ya (Jawi spelling يا)

1. Used to express affirmation; yes.

   Synonyms: ia, haah (informal)

   Ya, ini Patrick.

   Yes, this is Patrick.

2. Used to inquire for confirmation; right.

   Synonym: bukan

   Dia orang kaya, ya?

   He's a rich person, right?

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

ya (ya⁵／ya⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄧㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呀
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㗇

ya

1. Nonstandard spelling of yā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of yá.
3. Nonstandard spelling of yǎ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of yà.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

ya

1. two

ya

1. fire

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

• yaa

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨar.

• IPA^(key): /ɨˈa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: y‧a

ya

1. boat
2. canoe

   Synonym: kanoã

• Robert A. Dooley (2016 August) “ya”, in Léxico guarani, dialeto mbyá: guarani-português (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 204

From Russian я (ja).

ya

1. I

ya

1. fire

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

-ya

1. to go to, towards [with locative]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

ya

1. to go

yǎ`

1. you (second-person singular pronoun)

From Sanskrit यद् (yad).

ya m

1. (relative) who, which, that

ya n

1. (relative) which, that
2. (relative) (duplicated) whatever

   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[2], page 250; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     अथ सब्बासं विभत्तीनं यानि यानि पुब्बानि छ पदानि तानि तानि परस्सपदसञ्ञानि होन्ति।

     Atha sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ yāni yāni pubbāni cha padāni, tāni tāni parassapadasaññāni honti.

     Then whatever are the first six endings of all the endings, they are called the active endings.

• yā
• yadidaṃ (“namely”)

Probably from the pronunciation of a syllable consisting only of the letter.

ya m

1. the Pali letter 'y'

   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[3], page 4; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, स, ह, ळ, ं। इति व्यञ्जन नाम होन्ति।

     Ka, kha, ga, gha, ṅa, ca, cha, ja, jha, ña, ṭa, ṭha, ḍa, ḍha, ṇa, ta, tha, da, dha, na, pa, pha, ba, bha, ma, ya, ra, la, va, sa, ha, ḷa, aṃ, iti vyañjanā nāma honti.

     'k', 'kh', 'g', 'gh', 'ṅ', 'c', 'ch', 'j', 'jh', 'ñ, 'ṭ', 'ṭh', 'ḍ', 'ḍh', 'ṇ', 't', 'th', 'd', 'dh', 'n', 'p', 'ph', 'b', 'bh', 'm', 'y', 'r', 'l', 'v', 's', 'h', 'ḷ' and 'ṃ', these are the consonants by name.

   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[4], page 12; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     यो जस्स यथा-नियंपुत्तं।

     Yo jassa yathā- niyaṃputtaṃ.

     'Y' from 'j' as in 'niyaṃputtaṃ'.

   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[5], page 10; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     यं एदन्तस्सादेसो॥६॥

     6. Yaṃ edantassādeso.

     6. Change of final 'e' to 'y'.

   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[6], page 12; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     को यस्स यथा-सको।

     Ko yassa yathā-sako.

     'K' from 'y' as in 'sako'.

• yakāra

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ya”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Compare German ja, Dutch ja, Swedish ja.

ya

1. yes, yeah

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

-ya

1. to go to, towards [with locative]

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

• Rhymes: -a

ya

1. Alternative form of iá

ya

1. Alternative form of ae

• “ya, adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

ya

1. to go

From Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ. Cognates include Navajo yá.

• IPA^(key): [jà(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: ya

ya (stem -ya-)

1. sky

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 92

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

-ya

1. to go to, towards [with locative]

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Inherited from Latin iam. Compare Portuguese já, French déjà and Italian già.

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ya

ya

1. now

   Synonyms: ahora, (colloquial) ahorita

   Púlsalo ya. ― Press it now.

   Preparados, listos, ya. ― Ready, set, go.

2. already, yet

   Ya lo hice. ― I already did it.

3. in the near future; soon

   Voy a terminar mi trabajo ya. ― I am going to finish my work soon.

4. immediately

   Synonym: ahora mismo

5. anymore; no longer

   Ya no quiero volver a ese lugar. ― I don't want to go back to that place anymore.

6. (emphatic) emphatic (similar to the use of English "so" or "oh" as an interjection)

   ¡Ya lo sé! ― I do know!

7. (in negatives) only

   no ya... ― not only...

8. (before pero) yes

   ya, pero... ― yes, but...

9. (before que) since, now

   ya que... ― now that...

10. OK

ya ... ya ...

1. first (something) then (something else); first (something), now (something else)

   ¡Ya lluvia ya nieve!

   First rain, now snow!

2. whether (something) or (something else)

   ya sol ya lluvia

   whether sun or rain

ya

1. come on!, let's go!

   Synonyms: vamos, vámonos, adelante, ándale, (Mexico) órale, (Chile) ya po

2. (colloquial) used to acknowledge or dismiss the previous statement

   —Sabes que quedamos con Antonio esta tarde. —Ya.

   "You know we're hanging out with Antonio tonight." "I know."

   —No podrás venir, que trabajas ese día. —Ya, pero cerramos temprano los viernes.

   "You can't come, you're working that day." "Right, but we close early on Fridays."

• “ya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

ya

1. N class inflected form of -a (singular only).
2. Mi class inflected form of -a.
3. Ma class inflected form of -a.

Follows adverbs to make them function as prepositions.

ya

1. reed

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ja/ [jɐ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ya

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜌ (ya).

ya (Baybayin spelling ᜌ)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter Y/y, in the Abakada alphabet

   Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) way, (in the Abecedario) ye

ya (Baybayin spelling ᜌ)

1. expression used to drive cattle: yah

   Synonym: hiya

• “ya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• ay, -ay

Possibly from Indonesian ya (“yes”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈja]

ya

1. yes

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

ya

1. stomach

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

ya

1. to go

Ke ya lapeng - I'm going home.

• yaa (colloquial)

Onomatopoeic

• IPA^(key): /ja/ (sense 1,4,5 and 6)
• IPA^(key): /jaː/ (sense 2 and 3)

ya

1. Expression of surprise or confusion.

   Gerçekten mi ya?

   Wow, really?

2. aw (Used to express affection.)

   Ya, çok tatlı! Şunun yatışına bak.

   Aw, she’s so cute! Look at how's she sleeping.

3. Expresses frustration.

   Ya yeter be, yeter!

   Enough!

4. An expression used to indicate ratification of a statement that requires an approval or necessity.

   Biz de gelelim mi? - Gelin ya.

   Shall we come too? - Please do.

5. Used after inflected verbs in order to intesify the meaning.

   Önündekini bitirsene! - Bitirdim ya...

   Finish your plate already! - I already finished it...

6. Provides the actual meaning of the sentence by stressing the latter sentence.

   Seni orada gördüm ya, seslenmeye yüreğim yetmedi.

   I saw you there but I didn't have enough courage to call you out.

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یا (ya), from Arabic يَا (yā, “o, hey, you”).

• IPA^(key): /ja/

ya

2. vocative particle

   Synonym: ey

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ya2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یا (ya), from Persian یا (yâ, “either, or”).

• IPA^(key): /ja/

ya

1. what if (used to introduce speculation about future)

   İlahi, hocam, hiç göle maya çalmakla göl maya tutar mı? -Ya tutarsa?

   Teacher, can a little bit of yeast ferment the lake? -What if it does?

2. what about (used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered)

   Poşetleri taşıması kolay. Ya bu bavullar? Onlar ne olacak?

   It's easy to carry the bags. What about the luggage? What will happen to them?

3. (preceding the last term in a list) above all, especially

   Saçları, sesi, gülüşü çok güzel. Ya gözleri.

   Her hair, her voice, her smile are all so beautiful. And especially her eyes.

ya … ya …

1. either … or

   Synonyms: ya … ya da …, ya … yahut …

   Ya bu, ya şu. İkisine birden paramız yetmez.

   Either this or that. We can't afford to buy them both.

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ya1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

• “ya”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “ya”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ya”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5019

• Parlatır, İsmail et al. (1998) “ya”, in Türkçe Sözlük, 9th edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 2357a
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2177

ya

1. water
2. rain

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

ya

1. to go

Borrowed from Spanish ya (“already”).

ya

1. already

   • 1940, “Pötü yelacen”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 1:

     In Siyop ya dü yels mödik krigastad bevü Yapän e Tsyinän dareigon, ed in Yurop krig jenon bevü Deutän e Polän, Linglän e Fransän, e bevü Rusän e Suomiyän.

     In Asia, a state of war has already been going on for years between Japan and China, and in Europe war is being waged between Germany and Poland, England and France, and between Russia and Finland.

ya

1. sun

• hokohi

ya

1. third person; he, she

Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] eint.

• IPA^(key): /ʝa˧/

ya

1. to fly

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

-ya

1. (intransitive) to go to, towards [with locative]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Compare Indonesian ia, Maori ia.

ya

1. he; she

Doublet of gae (“gave”).

• IPA^(key): /jɔː/

ya

1. simple past of yie

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 14, page 90:

     Shoo ya aam zim to doone, as w' be doone nowe;

     She gave them some to do, as we are doing now;

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 90

• IPA^(key): /já/

yá

1. to borrow

   Wọ́n yá owó lọ́wọ́ mi. ― They borrowed money from me.

2. to lend

   Wọ́n yá mi lówó. ― They lent me money.

• IPA^(key): /já/

yá

1. to be fast

   Synonym: yára

   Aago yẹn fi wákàtí kan yá. ― That clock is ahead by an hour.

2. to be ready

   Ó ti yá! ― It's time!

   Nígbà tó yá, ó jáde. ― Later, she went out.

3. to be fit
   1. (with ara (“body”)) to be healthy

      Synonyms: le, yá gágá

      Ara mi ò yá. ― I'm not feeling well. (literally, “My body is not healthy.”)

• IPA^(key): /jā/

ya

1. to tear; to be torn; to rip

   Tó o bá jíwèé wò, màá ya pépà ẹ. ― If you cheat, I'll rip your paper.

   Má fa aṣọ rẹ ya. ― Don't tear your clothes.

   Ó fa ọkàn mi ya. ― It tore my heart

   Ìjì máa ya á lulẹ̀. ― The storm will tear it down.

• Used with fà (“to stretch; to pull”) in the V2 position

• IPA^(key): /jā/

ya

1. to flow; to overflow

   Odò ti ya wọ oko. ― The river has flooded into the fields.

   Odò yẹn ya wọ odò Ọya. ― That river flows into the Niger.

   Ẹrẹ̀ ti ya wọ̀lú. ― A mudslide has flowed into the town.

• IPA^(key): /jà/

yà

1. to turn

   Lọ tààrà, kó o sì yà sósì. ― Go straight, then turn left.

• IPA^(key): /jà/

yà

1. to depict; to draw; to take (picture)

   Yà mí ní fọ́tò níbí báyìí. ― Take my picture here.

   Ó ń ya àwòrán. ― He's drawing a picture.

• ya when followed by direct object.

• IPA^(key): /jà/

yà

1. to comb

• ya when followed by direct object.

• IPA^(key): /jà/

yà

1. to split; to divide

   Ibí ni ọ̀nà ti yà. ― The road branches off from here.

2. (with ẹnu (“mouth”)) to surprise; to shock

   Ó yà wá lẹ́nu gan-an. ― It surprised us a lot.

   Ẹnu ya mí. ― I was shocked

• ya when followed by direct object.

• IPA^(key): /jà/

yà

1. to become; to be

   ya wèrè ― to go crazy

   ya pòkíì ― to become a delinquent

   ya ọ̀lẹ ― to be lazy

   yabo ― to go well (in reference to a year)

   ya ahun ― to become stingy

• ya when followed by direct object.
• usually has a negative connotation

• IPA^(key): /jà/

yà

1. to visit

   Synonym: bẹ̀

   Mo ya ilé ọ̀rẹ́ ìyá mi lánàá ― I visited my mother's friend's house yesterday.

• ya when followed by direct object.

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

-ya

1. (intransitive) to go to, towards [with locative]

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ya”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ya”

ya

1. moon