# jaa
## Alemannic German
### Adverb

jaa
* Alternative form of ja

## Estonian
### Etymology

See jah.

### Interjection

jaa
* yes

### Noun

jaa (genitive jaa, partitive jaad)
* a yes

#### Derived terms

* jaatama

## Finnish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Swedish ia, iā (“yes”) (compare Swedish ja).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjɑː/, [ˈjɑ̝ː]
* Rhymes: -ɑː
* Hyphenation: jaa

#### Interjection

jaa
* um, well
    Jaa, enpä tiedä...Um, I don’t know...
* oh (when the speaker is surprised about something that s/he got to know; this has a slight nuance of the speaker being more or less interested in getting more information about it)
* (rare) yes

#### Noun

jaa
* aye, yea (only in singular; in voting)

##### Declension

Rarely declined.
Possessive forms of jaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
jaani
jaani
accusative
nom.
jaani
jaani
gen.
jaani
genitive
jaani
jaideni jaitteni
partitive
jaatani
jaitani
inessive
jaassani
jaissani
elative
jaastani
jaistani
illative
jaahani
jaihini
adessive
jaallani
jaillani
ablative
jaaltani
jailtani
allative
jaalleni
jailleni
essive
jaanani
jainani
translative
jaakseni
jaikseni
abessive
jaattani
jaittani
instructive
comitative
—jaineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
jaasi
jaasi
accusative
nom.
jaasi
jaasi
gen.
jaasi
genitive
jaasi
jaidesi jaittesi
partitive
jaatasi
jaitasi
inessive
jaassasi
jaissasi
elative
jaastasi
jaistasi
illative
jaahasi
jaihisi
adessive
jaallasi
jaillasi
ablative
jaaltasi
jailtasi
allative
jaallesi
jaillesi
essive
jaanasi
jainasi
translative
jaaksesi
jaiksesi
abessive
jaattasi
jaittasi
instructive
comitative
—jainesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
jaamme
jaamme
accusative
nom.
jaamme
jaamme
gen.
jaamme
genitive
jaamme
jaidemme jaittemme
partitive
jaatamme
jaitamme
inessive
jaassamme
jaissamme
elative
jaastamme
jaistamme
illative
jaahamme
jaihimme
adessive
jaallamme
jaillamme
ablative
jaaltamme
jailtamme
allative
jaallemme
jaillemme
essive
jaanamme
jainamme
translative
jaaksemme
jaiksemme
abessive
jaattamme
jaittamme
instructive
comitative
—jainemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
jaanne
jaanne
accusative
nom.
jaanne
jaanne
gen.
jaanne
genitive
jaanne
jaidenne jaittenne
partitive
jaatanne
jaitanne
inessive
jaassanne
jaissanne
elative
jaastanne
jaistanne
illative
jaahanne
jaihinne
adessive
jaallanne
jaillanne
ablative
jaaltanne
jailtanne
allative
jaallenne
jaillenne
essive
jaananne
jainanne
translative
jaaksenne
jaiksenne
abessive
jaattanne
jaittanne
instructive
comitative
—jainenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
jaansa
jaansa
accusative
nom.
jaansa
jaansa
gen.
jaansa
genitive
jaansa
jaidensa jaittensa
partitive
jaataan jaatansa
jaitaan jaitansa
inessive
jaassaan jaassansa
jaissaan jaissansa
elative
jaastaan jaastansa
jaistaan jaistansa
illative
jaahansa
jaihinsa
adessive
jaallaan jaallansa
jaillaan jaillansa
ablative
jaaltaan jaaltansa
jailtaan jailtansa
allative
jaalleen jaallensa
jailleen jaillensa
essive
jaanaan jaanansa
jainaan jainansa
translative
jaakseen jaaksensa
jaikseen jaiksensa
abessive
jaattaan jaattansa
jaittaan jaittansa
instructive
comitative
—jaineen jainensa :

##### Derived terms

* ei juuta eikä jaata
* jaa-ääni

#### Further reading

* “jaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjɑːˣ/, [ˈjɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑː
* Hyphenation: jaa

#### Verb

jaa
* present active indicative connegative of jakaa
    Minä en/Sinä et/Hän ei/Me emme/Te ette/He eivät jaa kakkua.I/You/We/You/They don't/She/He doesn't divide the cake.
* second-person singular present imperative of jakaa
    Jaa kakku!Divide the cake!
* second-person singular present active imperative connegative of jakaa
    Älä jaa kakkua!Don't divide the cake!

### Anagrams

* aja

## Kiliwa
### Verb

jaa
* to go

## Mam
### Noun

jaa
* house

## Murui Huitoto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhaː]

### Adverb

jaa
* soon

#### References

* Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis)

## Sissala
### Noun

jaa
* house

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-jaa (infinitive kujaa)
* to be full (of something), be filled
* to become full (of something)
* to be plentiful
* to be or become fat

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -jaa :
| Positive present | -najaa |
| Subjunctive | -jae |
| Negative | -jai |
| Imperative singular | jaa |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kujaa |
| Negative | kutojaa |
Imperatives :
| Singular | jaa |
| Plural | jaeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hujaa |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lijaa |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kujaa |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tajaa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tajaa |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sijae |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngejaa |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singejaa |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalijaa |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalijaa |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mejaa |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshajaa |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jajaa |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kijaa |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipojaa |
| Consecutive | kajaa / positive subject concord + -kajaa |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kajae |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -jalia
** Causative: -jaza (“fill”)
** Passive: -jawa
** Stative: -jalika

### Noun

jaa class V (plural majaa class VI)
* rubbish dump, trash heap
    Synonyms: jalala, dampo

## Western Apache
### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-džəɣeʼ. Cognates: Navajo -jaa’, Chiricahua -jaa, Jicarilla -jaa, Plains Apache -jaghe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d͡ʒàː]

### Noun

-jaa (inalienable)
* (anatomy) ear, outer ear
    shijaa ― my ear
    bijaa ― her/his/their ear

#### Usage notes

The form -jaa occurs in the San Carlos varieties; -jaa’ occurs in White Mountain and Dilzhe’eh (Tonto).

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒáà/

### Noun

jáà
* the tree Ehretia cymosa, commonly used in traditional medicine
    Synonym: igi jáà