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Ya

//jʌ// adv, det, intj, name, noun, particle, pron, slang

Adverb

1
yea; yes Northern-England, Scotland, UK, West-Country, dialectal, not-comparable
"'Ya, wilt thou!' said Wallace, 'then tak thee that, […]'"

Determiner

Intj

Proper Noun

Noun

1
A letter of the Cyrillic alphabet: Я, я.
2
Initialism of young adult abbreviation, alt-of, especially, initialism
"22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love becomes a stratagem and growing up is a matter of basic survival."
3
Initialism of youth authority. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Particle

1
Used to form a confirmation-seeking tag question, expecting an affirmative response. Manglish, Singlish
"What about yourself Mr Chee, never look a day older, you'll see the rest of us six feet under… Really you look very well. I heard you went for new treatment in Switzerland ya?…"

Pronoun

1
Nonstandard spelling of you. alt-of, nonstandard
"But you don't really care for music, do ya?"

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

Etymology 4

Variation of hyah.

Etymology 5

From Russian я (ja).

Etymology 6

From Malay ya, from Dutch ja (and ultimately Proto-Germanic *ja). Reinforced by informal variants of yes in English (e.g., yeah). Doublet of yes.

Etymology 7

From Malay ya, from Dutch ja (and ultimately Proto-Germanic *ja). Reinforced by informal variants of yes in English (e.g., yeah). Doublet of yes.

Etymology 8

Borrowed from Tamil யா (yā). This surname is the 5ᵗʰ most common surname in Tamil Nadu.

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