Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem., the designation first given by Marignac in 1880 to the metal now known as gadolinium, its oxid having been obtained, along with that of yttrium and other elements of the same group, from the samarskite of North Carolina.
- noun An old spelling of
yea . - A dialectal form of
you .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Yea.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- pronoun
Eye dialect spelling ofyou . - adverb Northern England, Scotland
yea ;yes - interjection informal
Yeah ,yes . - interjection informal
Go . (Spoken to horses and cattle.)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The drawing is soooo beautiful the dresses are so vintage, Bleu Clothing has a great line of dresses from all the top designers..ya ya, black halo, 3.1 phillip check em out
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A number of such efforts, after the Nik [= a] yas had been closed, were included in a supplementary Nik [= a] ya called the _Khuddaka Nik [= a] ya_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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In the Middle Ages the Turkish Khans 'encampments were always spoken of as their ya -- thus: "from hence 1500 miles north-west to the Khan's _ya_."
Ancient China Simplified Edward Harper Parker 1887
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WK aka batgirl (3093 posts) on March 15, 2009 - 2: 26am. goof. * gives ya a hug and noogies ya* how are you and luce?
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November 16, 2008 at 5:01 pm ya steelz’em……..ya feedz’em!
can u spot teh problem? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Like having some bit of a child in ya is bad thing!
Evidence That I Might Be A Grown Up Jessica 2005
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I'm tellin 'ya', this is a golden opportunity to bring peace and sanity to this whole passel of unhappy group of rule makers and socially elite white wine sippers.
Aviary Vs. Sanctuary 2004
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"And what's going to surprise ya, is it's not the economy — it's the socialists taking over our country."
2008 Election 2009
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It seems to view the problem as a simple lack of free access, as all problems must be the result of "The Man" puttin 'ya down.
Rationalized Irrationality « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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So best thing for ya is to get out there and shoot several.
alexz commented on the word ya
text speak / informal for 'your'
example phrase spotted on the example tweets when looking up ya girl
"and ya girl off this weekend"
January 14, 2021