yay
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Alteration of yea (“yes; even, truly, verily”). More at yea.
Alternative forms
Interjection
yay
- (colloquial) An expression of happiness.
- Yay! I have finally finished my work!
- Misspelling of yea.
Synonyms
- (an expression of happiness): hooray
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
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Adverb
yay (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of yea
- The tree was yay big.
- 2018 October 30, CGP Grey, 5:29 from the start, in Who Owns The Statue of Liberty?[2], archived from the original on 16 July 2024:
- See, in the 1800s, the island was yay big, but by the 1990s, it was yay big.
See also
Etymology 2
Clipping of yayo, from Spanish llello.
Alternative forms
Noun
yay (uncountable)
- (US, slang) Cocaine (powder or crack).
- 2006 December, “They Shootin'”, in Vibe:
- In Billy Corben's engrossing new documentary, Cocaine Cowboys (Magnolia Pictures), self-described "assassin" Jorge "Rivi" Ayala (among others) give up the goods on Miami's explosive early '80s yay trade.
- 2012, Azealia Banks, “Liquorice”, in 1991:
- I don't do yay, but if you want to, fine
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:cocaine.
Anagrams
Azerbaijani
Cyrillic | јај | |
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Abjad | یای |
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yāy (“summer”).[1]
Noun
yay (definite accusative yayı, plural yaylar)
Declension
Declension of yay | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | yay |
yaylar | ||||||
definite accusative | yayı |
yayları | ||||||
dative | yaya |
yaylara | ||||||
locative | yayda |
yaylarda | ||||||
ablative | yaydan |
yaylardan | ||||||
definite genitive | yayın |
yayların |
See also
Seasons in Azerbaijani · fəsillər (layout · text) · category | |||
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yaz (“spring”) | yay (“summer”) | payız (“autumn”) | qış (“winter”) |
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yā(y) (“bow”).
Noun
yay (definite accusative yayı, plural yaylar)
Declension
Declension of yay | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | yay |
yaylar | ||||||
definite accusative | yayı |
yayları | ||||||
dative | yaya |
yaylara | ||||||
locative | yayda |
yaylarda | ||||||
ablative | yaydan |
yaylardan | ||||||
definite genitive | yayın |
yayların |
References
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jāj”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Middle English
Pronoun
yay
- Alternative form of þei (“they”)
Ojibwe
Particle
yay
- exclamation
- Way, yay, wewiib enda-gizhigaawan iniw ininaatigoon.
- Goodness gracious, hurry, the maples are running just fast.
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish یای (yay), from Proto-Turkic *yā(y) (“bow”).
Cognate with Azerbaijani yay, Crimean Tatar yay, Gagauz yay, Bashkir йәйә (yəyə), Chuvash ҫу (śu), Nogai яй (yay), Khakas чааӌах (çaacax), Karaim jaj, йайа, йаа, Kazakh жақ (jaq), Kyrgyz жаа (jaa), Southern Altai јаа (ǰaa), Tatar җәя (cäya), Turkmen ýāý, Uzbek yoy, Tuvan ча (ça), Uyghur يا (ya), etc.
Noun
yay (definite accusative yayı, plural yaylar)
- bow (weapon)
Etymology 2
Verb
yay
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