yaa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yaa"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Yaminahua.

Symbol

yaa

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yaminahua.

English

Noun

yaa (plural yaas)

The letter ي (y) in the Arabic script.

Usage notes

Some Arabic-based languages use variations of the letter, e.g. Persian uses ی (ye).

Translations

Arabic letter

Arabic: يَاء m (yāʔ), ي (ar) (y) (letter)
Russian: йа (ru) n (ja)

Anagrams

AYA, Aya, aya

Afar

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjaː/ [ˈjaː]
Hyphenation: yaa

Noun

yáa f

syncopic form of yayyá

Declension

Declension of yáa

absolutive

yáa

predicative

yáa

subjective

yáa

genitive

yáa

Postpositioned forms
l-case	yáal
k-case	yáak
t-case	yáat
h-case	yáah

References

Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 143

Ahtna

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ

Noun

yaa

sky

Derived terms

yabaaghe (“horizon”)
yadibaey (“northern lights”)
yahwdalzes (“the sky is getting clear”)
yakoneʼ (“red northern lights”)
yanlaey (“cloud, cloud cover”)
yaykaas (“northern lights”)
yaziił (“common snipe”)

References

Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 419

Etymology 2

From Proto-Athabaskan *ŷaˑ, *ŷeˑ. Cognate with Lower Tanana yo, Navajo -YĄ́.

Root

yaa

to grow

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Reversitative	yaex	yaan	yaex	yaex
Reversitative-customary	yax	yax	yax	yax
Momentaneous	yaes	yaan	yaeł	yaeł, yeʼ
Perambulative	yaeł	yaan	yaeł	yaeł, yeʼ
Continuative	yeʼ	yaan	yeʼ	yeʼ
Customary	yaes	yaes	yaes	yaes
Neuter	yaan	yaʼ	yaał	yaʼ
Transitional	yaas	yaat	?	?
Durative	—	yaan	yaan	?

Derived terms

ciił hwyaa (“nickname for fox and lynx”)
-dayaaneʼ (“beard”)
hwdenyaex (“it is growing over an area”)
hwtnełyaexi (“vegetation”)
hwyaa (“intelligence”)
inełyaex (“he/she is raising him/her”)
kuyaan (“he/she is wise, smart”)
kʼenghelyaan (“the moon is full”)
nanelyaxi (“garden fruit”)
niłtanedyaane (“half-brothers with the same father”)
nyaex (“he/she is growing”)
nyax (“they customarily grow up”)
saan (“old age”)
ses yaaneʼ (“ram”)
snełyaanen (“deceased father”)
tidangiyaanen (“expert hunter”)
yaaneʼ (“old, aged”)
łiyaaneʼ (“old dog”)
ʼunedyaan (“he is shy, ashamed”)
ʼuyaa (“embarassment”)

References

Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 420-421

Etymology 3

Root

yaa

to multiply, increase

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Momentaneous	yaes	yaan	yaeł	yaeł

References

Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 421

Etymology 4

Root

yaa

a group of people or swarm of insects moves; to swarm

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Momentaneous	yaes	yaan	yaeł	yaeł
Perambulative	yaeł	yaan	yaeł	yaeł
Customary	yaes	yaes	yaes	yaes

Derived terms

łuhnayaeł (“a group of them is moving about”)

References

Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 421

Etymology 5

From Proto-Athabaskan *(h)aʷ. Cognate with Lower Tanana yo, Navajo -YÁ.

Root

yaa

a singular subject goes

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Momentaneous	yaas	yaa	yaał	yaʼ
Momentaneous d-effect	daas	dyaa	daał	daʼ
Distributive	yaʼ	yaa	yaʼ	yaʼ
Progressive	yaał	—	—	—
Perambulative	yaał	yaa	yaał	yaʼ
Continuative	yaʼ	yaʼ	yaʼ	yaʼ
Reversitative	yaax	yaa	yaax	yaax
Reversionary-customary	yax	yax	yax	yax
Persistive	yaax	yaax	yaax	yaax
Persistive	yaas	yaas	yaas	yaas

Derived terms

cinʼdalyaał (“he/she is pretending to walk along”)
ghayaał (“he/she is walking along”)
kayaasi (“beluga whale”)
naasdaał (“I am going back”)
naexdghayaał (“he/she is going along looking”)
niyaas (“he/she customarily stops”)
tadayaał (“he/she is wading in the water”)
tayaas (“he/she customarily goes into the water”)
tikiyaasde (“menstruation hut”)
tiniyaanen (“menstruant”)
xay cʼayaałi (“bear that is out in winter”)
yesdayaał (“he/she is wading in the snow”)
łooyaał (“he/she is walking around”)

Related terms

ggaał

References

Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 421-424

Etymology 6

From Proto-Athabaskan *(h)aʷ. Cognate with Lower Tanana yo.

Root

yaa

a singular or dual subject talks

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Durative	yaes, naes	yaʼ	yaeł	yaeł
Durative d-effect	daes	daʼ	daeł	daeł
Durative-customary	niis	yiis	yiis	yiis
Perambulative	yaas	yaa	yaeł	yaeł
Progressive	yaeł	—	—	—
Customary	yaes	yaes	yaes	yaes

Derived terms

hnae (“word”)
kayaʼaas (“wolves are howling”)
-kenaegeʼ (“language, word”)
kenaes, hnaes (“he/she is talking”)
keniis, hniis (“he/she customarily talks”)
sikilyaes (“he/she is talking in fear”)
yazʼaan (“it is noisy”)

References

Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 424-425

Chichicapan Zapotec

Noun

yaa

temazcal, a type of sweat lodge, usually built with adobe bricks

Jicarilla

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *yaʔ. Cognate with Navajo yaʼ.

Noun

yaa

louse

References

Phone, Wilhelmina; Olson, Maureen; Martinez, Matilda (2007), Axelrod, Melissa, Gómez de García, Lachler, Jordan, editors, Dictionary of Jicarilla Apache / Abáachi Mizaa Iłkeeʼ Siijai, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 418

Navajo

Postposition

yaa

to him/her/it
about him/her/it

Inflection

Forms of yaa
	singular	duoplural
1st person	shaa	nihaa
2nd person	naa	nihaa
3rd person	baa
4th person (3o)	yaa
4th person (3a)	haa
4th person (3i)	aa	—
reflexive	ádaa	—
reciprocal	—	ahaa

Adverb

yaa

down, downward

Derived terms

Tataltepec Chatino

Noun

yaa

nopal

Tlingit

Noun

yaa

sea trout

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology 1

Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec yâá, Chayuco Mixtec yaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec yaa, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yáa.

Noun

yaa

tongue
flame

Etymology 2

Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec yaa, Chayuco Mixtec yaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec yáa, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yaā.

Noun

yaa

song
music

Etymology 3

Cognate with Chayuco Mixtec ñiyaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec nyaà, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yaā.

Noun

yaa

ash
hominy

References

Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012), Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[2] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 89