Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An interjection of disgust.
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- adverb UK, India, South Africa
Yes . - noun UK, informal An
upper-class person, especially aSloane Ranger .
Etymologies
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Khalíyah is properly a hive of bees with a honey-comb in the hollow of a tree-trunk, opposed to Kawwárah, hive made of clay or earth (Al – Hariri; Ass. of Tiflis).
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Comments (2) darren: haha ... wow, can't believe I beat you to the punch on something ... are you guys slacking over here or what? just teasin yah ...
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Yes | No | Report from buckshot89 wrote 13 weeks 2 days ago i'm feelin yah ... i sit through my classics class, dodging the professor and posting on the site ... however, i started working at a new place and my hours have roughly doubled ontop of a full college schedule. ive already decided i'm skipping spanish for opening day of shotgun season:) +1 Good Comment?
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Yes | No | Report from buckshot89 wrote 13 weeks 2 days ago i'm feelin yah ... i sit through my classics class, dodging the professor and posting on the site ... however, i started working at a new place and my hours have roughly doubled ontop of a full college schedule. ive already decided i'm skipping spanish for opening day of shotgun season:) +1 Good Comment?
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The grammatical construction is this: Ebhih sarvaih kalatmakaih bhavaih anwitam sarvam yah akalushiam pasyati (sah) samoham karma nanuvartate.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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We are no doubt in presence of an abbreviation of the name Mál'akhîyah, that is "Messenger of Yah".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Koaara extends from the westernmost point to the northern extremity of the island; the whole coast between them forming an extensive bay, called Toe - yah-yah, which is bounded to the north by two very conspicuous hills.
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Britain, France or Germany, where a smaller but vastly more potent number worship the One God whom men called yah before the exodus, yahwey after.
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Britain, France or Germany, where a smaller but vastly more potent number worship the One God whom men called yah before the exodus, yahwey after.
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I 'member now, he talk like Hans who make our garden here; and he say' yah 'just the same like.
Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record Victor [pseud.] Appleton
oroboros commented on the word yah
Hay in reverse.
November 2, 2007
MaryW commented on the word yah
Kate Atkinson, Case Histories (New York: Little Brown & Co., 2004), p. 162.May 30, 2016