# yaya
## English
### Etymology 1

From Tagalog yaya.

#### Noun

yaya (plural yayas)
* (Philippines) A nanny.
** 2020 June 3, William Meny, “Witches” (4:25 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows‎, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Nadja (Natasia Demetriou):“Can you not make this carriage move faster? You're moving slower than when my yaya tried to ride a snail to the next village.”

### Etymology 2

Unknown.

#### Pronunciation

* (Singapore) IPA: /ˈjɑjɑ/

#### Verb

yaya (invariable)
* (Singlish) To show off or behave in an egocentric or self-important manner.

#### Adjective

yaya (comparative more yaya, superlative most yaya)
* (Singlish) Arrogant, stuck-up.

#### Derived terms

* yaya papaya

#### References

* Lee, Jack Tsen-Ta (2004) “yaya”, in A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English

## Aguaruna
### Noun

yaya
* star

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ya‧ya
* IPA: /ˈjaja/ [ˈja.ja]

### Noun

yaya
* a weak feeling in the limbs

#### Derived terms

* mayaya

## Cebuano
### Etymology 1

Unknown.

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ya‧ya
* IPA: /ˈjaʔjaʔ/ [ˈjaʔ.jɐʔ]

#### Adjective

yaya
* slow
* clumsy
* stretched out

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish yaya (“granny”). Compare Catalan iaia.

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ya‧ya
* IPA: /ˈjaja/ [ˈja.jɐ]

#### Noun

yaya
* (sometimes derogatory) a nanny
* an address to one's nanny

#### Verb

yaya
* to work or act as a nanny

### Etymology 3

Unknown.

#### Noun

yaya
* a tree, Gonocaryum calleryanum

### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:yaya.

## Choctaw
### Verb

yaya
* to cry

## Ibanag
### Pronoun

yaya
* he; she

## Japanese
### Romanization

yaya
* Rōmaji transcription of やや

## Manchu
### Romanization

yaya
* Romanization of ᠶᠠᠶᠠ

## Masbatenyo
### Noun

yaya
* nursemaid; babysitter

## Nupe
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jà.já/

### Noun

yàyá
* senior
* elder cousin

## Old Javanese
### Conjunction

yaya
* as if

## Quechua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈja.ja/

### Noun

yaya
* father
    Synonyms: tayta, tata
    Coordinate term: mama (“mother”)
* chief, elder
* priest
* (arcaic) God

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Perhaps from Modern Greek γιαγιά (giagiá, “grandmother”). Or more likely simply a feminine of yayo (see there for further etymology).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʝaʝa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ʝa]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝaʝa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ʝa]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃaʃa/ [ˈʃa.ʃa]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒaʒa/ [ˈʒa.ʒa]
* Rhymes: -aʝa
* Syllabification: ya‧ya

### Noun

yaya f (plural yayas)
* granny, gran
* (Philippines) girl or woman employed to take care of children

#### Related terms

* yayo

### Further reading

* “yaya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “yaya”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

## Swahili
### Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from Portuguese aia (“maid”) or an Indian language, such as Hindi आया (āyā, “dry nurse, nanny”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

yaya class V (plural mayaya class VI)
* nanny, babysitter, ayah

### References

* ↑ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “In addition, the Swahili adopted Portuguese words […] and (from Latin) avia, through the Portuguese and/or Hindi ayag, is yaya (nanny).”

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish yaya (“granny”). Compare with Cebuano yaya, Catalan iaia.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈjaja/ [ˈjaː.jɐ]
* Rhymes: -aja
* Syllabification: ya‧ya

#### Noun

yaya (masculine yayo, Baybayin spelling ᜌᜌ)
* nanny; nursemaid; amah; girl or woman employed to take care of children
    Synonym: ama
* wet nurse
    Synonyms: sisiwa, mamay
* (by extension) helper; maid
    Synonyms: katulong, kasambahay, utusan, kriyada

### Etymology 2

Compare anyaya (“invitation”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈjajaʔ/ [ˈjaː.jɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -ajaʔ
* Syllabification: ya‧ya

#### Noun

yayà (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜌ)
* invitation; request; persuasion; inducement
    Synonyms: pagyaya, anyaya, imbitasyon, kayag, kumbida, yakag
* person invited (to come to a certain place or to help do something)

##### Alternative forms

* aya

##### Derived terms

* magyaya
* magyayaan
* mayaya
* pagyaya
* yayaan
* yayain
* yumaya

##### Related terms

* anyaya

#### Adjective

yayà (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜌ)
* invited personally to help do certain work
    Synonyms: yakag, niyakag

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /jaˈja/ [jɐˈja]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ya‧ya

#### Noun

yayá (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜌ) (obsolete)
* driving away or shooing maya birds
    Synonyms: bugaw, wasiwas, hiyaw, sibok

##### Derived terms

* mapayaya
* yayahan
* yumaya

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /jaˈjaʔ/ [jɐˈjaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: ya‧ya

#### Noun

yayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜌ) (obsolete)
* name of the Baybayin letter ᜌ, corresponding to "ya"

#### See also

* ya

### Further reading

* “yaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
** page 171: “Combidar) Yaya (pp) llamando ꝑa combite fieſta o otra coſa”
** page 396: “Llamar) Yaya (pp) combidando ꝑa algo”
** page 437: “Munir) Yaya (pp) juntando la gente”
** page 605: “Y) Yaya (pc) letra de la eſcritura tagala .|. yaya yaon .|. ᜌ . aba ſuſulat aco nang yaya ? quieres q̃ eſcriua vna .y. de Indio? [yba din] ang yaya dito nang ſa Manila, vna y es [la de] aqui u otra đ M.”

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈja.ja]

### Noun

yaya
* mother
    Synonym: hera

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یایا (yaya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jaja/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

yaya (definite accusative yayayı, plural yayalar)
* pedestrian; someone walking, instead of using a vehicle
* (military, historical) foot soldier

#### Related terms

* yayan

### References

* Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

## West Makian
### Etymology

Together with the polite baba (“father”), likely borrowed from Ternate yaya (“mother”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈja.ja/

### Noun

yaya
* mother

#### Usage notes

The term yaya is used for addressing one's mother, whereas the terms mama and mamu are used for referring to a mother.

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics