# ya
## English
### Etymology 1

Reduced form of you. Compare Dutch je, reduced/unstressed form of jij (“you”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jʌ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌ

#### Pronoun

ya
* Nonstandard spelling of you.
** 2011, Byron Douglas, chapter 3, in A Journey Through the Life of an Anti-Social‎, →ISBN:Lola got a shocked look on her face then said, “Ya need to stop actin' jealous if ya aint, and ya can't control what I do. Ya aint my daddy and ya aint my man. I'll see ya tomorrah after work if ya want. Just give me a call, ya have my number”.

##### Usage notes

* Never used with prosodic stress.

##### Derived terms

* -cha
* hey ya
* hiya
* -ja
* love ya
* see ya
* smell ya later
* there ya go
* whaddaya
* ya think?

#### See also

* yer

### Etymology 2

Apparently from German ja and cognates in other Germanic languages; related to English yeah.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɑ/
* Rhymes: -ɑ

#### Interjection

ya
* (informal) Yeah; yes.

### Etymology 3

From Middle English ya, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”). More at yea.

#### Alternative forms

* yaa, yaw, yah, yha

#### Pronunciation

* (West Country, UK) IPA: /ˈjɑː/, /ˈjɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɑː, -ɐ

#### Adverb

ya (not comparable)
* (UK dialectal, West Country, Northern England, Scotland) yea; yes
** 1806, Jamieson, Pop. Ballads:'Ya, wilt thou!' said Wallace, 'then tak thee that, […] '
** 1894, W. G. Stevenson, Puddin' iii.:Ya, auld man, ye ken fine ye wad like me.
** 1896, Ackworth, Clog Shop Chron.:Ya, bur 'ee did, […]

### Etymology 4

Variation of hyah.

#### Interjection

ya
* (informal) Go. (Spoken to horses and cattle.)

### Etymology 5
#### Determiner

ya
* Nonstandard spelling of your.

##### Derived terms

* chewie on ya boot

### Etymology 6

From Russian я (ja).

#### Noun

ya (plural yas)
* A letter of the Cyrillic alphabet: Я, я.

##### Translations
### Etymology 7

From Malay ya, from Dutch ja (and ultimately Proto-Germanic *ja). Reinforced by informal variants of yes in English (e.g., yeah). Doublet of yes.

#### Alternative forms

* yeah, yea, yah

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɑ/, (in tag questions) [jɑː˨˦]

#### Interjection

ya
* (informal, Singapore, Malaysia) Yes, yeah (used to express affirmation)

#### Particle

ya
* (Singlish, Manglish) Used to form a confirmation-seeking tag question, expecting an affirmative response.
** 1983, Stella Kon, Emily of Emerald Hill, →ISBN, Act 1, page 21:What about yourself Mr Chee, never look a day older, you'll see the rest of us six feet under… Really you look very well. I heard you went for new treatment in Switzerland ya?…

#### See also

* (question tags in Singlish): is it, ah

### Anagrams

* -ay, AY, ay, ay^

## Abui
### Noun

ya
* water

### References

* František Kratochvíl, A grammar of Abui: a Papuan language of Alor (2007)
* František Kratochvíl, Benidiktus Delpada, Abui-Indonesian-English Dictionary (2008)

## Angkamuthi
### Verb

ya
* (Yadhaykenu) throw

### References

* Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 537

## Anguthimri
### Verb

ya
* (transitive, Mpakwithi) to give
* (transitive, Mpakwithi) to bring

### References

* Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 189

## Anyin Morofo
### Adjective

ya
* bad

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic يَا (yā, “o, hey, you”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jɑː]

#### Particle

ya
* vocative particle
    Synonym: ey
    Ya Əli! (Shiite exclamation) ― O Ali!

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian یا (yâ, “either, or”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɑ/

#### Conjunction

ya … ya …
* either … or
    Ya bu, ya da o. İkisinə də birdən pulumuz çatmaz.[Choose] either this or that. We can't afford to buy them both at once.

##### Derived terms

* və yaxud
* vəya
* yaxud

### Further reading

* “ya” in Obastan.com.

## Baoule
### Noun

ya
* Friday (day of the week)

### Adjective

ya
* bad

## Barngarla
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ja/

### Noun

ya
* mouth

### References

* Page 74 of Zuckermann, Ghil'ad, Emma Richards and the Barngarla (2021), Mangiri Yarda (Healthy Country: Barngarla Wellbeing and Nature), Adelaide: Revivalistics Press.

## Bilbil
### Noun

ya
* fire

### Further reading

* Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

## Breton
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Particle

ya
* yes, word used to show agreement or acceptance.
    Ya, gwir eo! ― Yes, that's correct!

#### Antonyms

* nann (“no”)

## Cameroon Pidgin
### Determiner

ya
* Alternative spelling of your (“2st person singular possessive determiner”)

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Pronoun

ya
* third person; he, she

## Chamorro
### Conjunction

ya
* and

#### Usage notes

Used to indicate causation. To connect two similar words or phrases the alternate yan.

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish ya.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʝa/, [ˈʝ͡ʝa]

### Particle

ya
* indicates the past tense

## Chickasaw
### Verb

ya (stative, irregular)
* to be (something)

#### Usage notes

* It cannot be used by itself and must always have a preceding noun that names what it or the person "is".
* It can only be used with a Class II subject marker.
* Ya is never used with N prefixes.
* It can be used with verb suffixes such as -tok, -taam, -a'chi, etc.
* For sentences where a Class II subject marker is not needed or cannot be used, then the verb root oo can be used instead.
* For the future tense, a'chi can be used as a standalone word rather than a suffix completely replacing the use of a verb and having the meaning "will be". Similarly, a'ni, "might be" could possibly work in a similar fashion, replacing the presence of an explicit verb as well, although it is not normally used in sentences expressing being something.
* The prefix hoo- is never used with any forms of the verb "to be" (ya, oo, a'chi).
* To ask questions such as "Is it a/an....", see the entries for the noun suffixes -to̠ (used after consonants) and -hto̠ (used after vowels).

#### Synonyms

* oo

## Dyula
### Adverb

ya
* here

## Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
### Pronoun

ya
* third person; he, she

### See also

* yaha
* yahaya

## Ewe
### Noun

ya
* wind

## Fala
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ja, from Latin iam (“already”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈja/
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ya

### Adverb

ya
* already

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Gban
### Verb

ya
* to go

## Gedaged
### Noun

ya
* fire

### Further reading

* Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

## Guinea Kpelle
### Noun

ya
* water

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto ja.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ja/

### Adverb

ya
* indeed

## Igbo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ja/

### Pronoun

ya (independent form, dependent form o)
* (personal, epicene) he, she, it
    Ahụrụ m yaI saw him.

#### See also

| | | dependent | independent | object/possessive |
| Singular | first | m, a/e- ... -m | m, mụ | m, mụ |
| Singular | second | ị, i | ngị, gị | gị |
| Singular | third | ọ, o | ya | ya |
| Plural | first | anyị | anyị | anyị |
| Plural | second | ụnụ | ụnụ | ụnụ |
| Plural | third | ha, a/e- ... -ha | ha | ha |
| Indefinite | Indefinite | a/e | - | - |

## Ilocano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Kankanaey ya.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjaʔ/ [ˈjɐʔ]

### Particle

ya (Kur-itan spelling ᜌ)
* (Baguio, Benguet) Expressing apprehension following or preceding a reasoning or excuse; eh.
    Haanko ammo ya.I don't know eh.

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ja/
* Rhymes: -ja
* Hyphenation: ya

### Etymology 1

Probably from Dutch ja.

#### Particle

ya
* used to show agreement or acceptance; yes
    Synonym: hooh
    Ya, aku setuju denganmu.Yes, I agree with you.
* used to reinforce a question; huh
    Kamu punya cewek baru, ya?You have a new girlfriend, huh?
* used to emphasize curiosity about a question.
    Siapa ya, guru baru kita yang akan mengajar di kelas ini.Who is our new teacher who will teach at this class?.
* used to indicate a request; okay
    Besok kumpulkan tugasnya, ya.Turn in your assignment tomorrow, okay?

##### Alternative forms

* iya

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay ya, from Classical Malay ي (ya), from Arabic يَا (yā).

#### Particle

ya
* the vocative particle, used for direct address; O
    Ya Tuhan!O God!
    Ya ampun!O gosh!(literally, “O mercy!”)

### Further reading

* “ya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology

Derived from English here.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ja/

### Adverb

ya
* here
** 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 24:26:So ef sumadi go se, "Luk ya, im iina di dezot." No go out de. Ar ef dem se, "Luk ya! luk ya! Im a aid ya-so!" No lisn dem.So if they tell you, "Look, he's out in the desert," don't go looking there; or if they say, "Look, he's secretly here," don't believe it.(literally, “So if somebody says, "Look here, he's in the desert." don't go there. Or if they say "Look here! Look here! He's hiding right here! don't listen to them.”)

### See also

* yaso

### Further reading

* ya at majstro.com

## Japanese
### Romanization

ya
* The hiragana syllable や (ya) or the katakana syllable ヤ (ya) in Hepburn romanization.

## Kankanaey
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ja/ [jʌ]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ya

#### Conjunction

ya
* and
    Synonym: ken
** 2017, Diocese of Baguio, “Acclamacion [Acclamation]”, in Aweng Rambak: Hymnal of the Diocese of Baguio (overall work in English, Tagalog, Ilocano, and Kankanaey), Baguio: Diocese of Baguio, page 178:Nu kanenmi nan tinapay Ya inumen nan calisWhen we eat this bread And drink this chalice

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈjaʔ/ [ˈjʌʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: ya

#### Particle

ya
* Expressing apprehension following or preceding a reasoning or excuse; eh.
    Aw, nanlaklakoda ya.Yes, they are selling eh.

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Compare Tagalog siya, Bikol Central siya, Cebuano siya, Indonesian ia, Maori ia, and Waray-Waray hiya.

### Particle

ya
* marks a sentence as interrogative
    Makanini ya?Is it like this?
    Nanya?What is it?
* whether (or not)
    X ya Y ya?Is it an X or Y?
    Munta ya aliya?Is s/he going or not?
* used with o to mark list and to connect choices being considered with uncertainty
    Ini ya o ita ya, sanu kareni.Is this or is that?, which one of these?
    Lalaki ya o Babayi ya?Is it a Boy or a Girl?
* Indicates the subject of a sentence.
    Pusa yang atiyu.There is a cat.
    Asu yang mamangan butul.The dog is eating a bone.

### Pronoun

ya
* he; she (third person singular animate personal pronoun)
    Pilipinu ya.S/he is a Filipino.
* (colloquial) it (third person singular inanimate personal pronoun)
    Pamangan ya.it is food.

#### Usage notes

* The word ya usually replaces iya when in the middle of a sentence.

### See also
## Kesawai
### Noun

ya
* water

### Further reading

* Carol Priestley, Talking about space in Koromu
* Carol Priestley, Social categories, shared experience, reciprocity and endangered meanings: examples from Koromu

## Kituba
### Preposition

ya
* of

## Kou
### Noun

ya
* water

### Further reading

* Johannes A. Z'graggen, A Comparative Word list of the Rai Coast Languages, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Linguistics (1980) (as Sinsauru)

## Laboya
### Verb

ya
* to eat

### References

* Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “ya”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 103

## Ladino
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish ya (“already; now”), from Latin iam. Compare French déjà, Italian già, Portuguese já, and Spanish ya.

#### Adverb

ya (Hebrew spelling ייה)
* already
** 2020 November 25, Eliz Gatenyo, “Ko-Abitasyones”, in Şalom Gazetesi‎:Mösyö Ehrlich era lehli (ashkenazi) komo ya se entiende de su nombre.Mösyö Ehrlich was Ashki (Ashkenazi), as is already understood from his name.

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish ya (“I hope so”).

#### Interjection

ya
* certainly; surely; for sure (absolutely)

#### References

* 1 2 “ya”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Lingala
### Preposition

ya
* of

#### Usage notes

In colloquial Lingala, this does not vary depending on noun class.

#### Declension
## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Etymology 1 & 2):
** IPA: [ja]
** Rhymes: -a
* (Etymology 3):
** (Johor-Riau) IPA: [jə]
*** Rhymes: -ə
** (Baku) IPA: [ja]
*** Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: ya

### Etymology 1

From Arabic يَا (yā, “vocative particle”).

#### Interjection

ya (Jawi spelling يا)
* Used to get attention; hey, oh.
    Synonyms: wahai, hai
    Ya, Tuhan!Oh, God!

### Etymology 2

From Arabic يَا (yā, letter name).

#### Noun

ya (Jawi spelling يا, plural ya-ya, informal 1st possessive yaku, 2nd possessive yamu, 3rd possessive yanya)
* The 29th letter of the Arabic alphabet (ي).
    huruf ya ― the letter ya

### Etymology 3

From Dutch ja, from Middle Dutch ja, from Old Dutch *jā, from Proto-Germanic *ja.

#### Interjection

ya (Jawi spelling يا)
* Used to express affirmation; yes.
    Synonyms: ia, haah (informal)
    Ya, ini Patrick.Yes, this is Patrick.
* Used to inquire for confirmation; right.
    Synonym: bukan
    Dia orang kaya, ya?He's a rich person, right?

##### Alternative forms

* ye

### Further reading

* “ya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Mandarin
### Romanization

ya (ya$^5$ / ya$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄧㄚ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呀
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㗇
ya
* Nonstandard spelling of yā.
* Nonstandard spelling of yá.
* Nonstandard spelling of yǎ.
* Nonstandard spelling of yà.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Maonan
### Numeral

ya
* two

## Marik
### Noun

ya
* fire

### Further reading

* Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

## Mbyá Guaraní
### Alternative forms

* yaa

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɨˈa/
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: y‧a

### Noun

ya
* boat
* canoe
    Synonym: kanoã

#### Derived terms

* ya poyia
* ya rembe
* ya xĩ
* ya yke

### References

* Robert A. Dooley (2016 August) “ya”, in Léxico guarani, dialeto mbyá: guarani-português (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 204

## Mednyj Aleut
### Etymology

From Russian я (ja).

### Pronoun

ya
* I

## Mindiri
### Noun

ya
* fire

### Further reading

* Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

## Northern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

### Verb

-ya
* to go to, towards [with locative]

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Northern Sotho
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

### Verb

ya
* to go

## Nzadi
### Pronoun

yǎ`
* you (second-person singular pronoun)

#### See also
## Old Spanish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin iam. Cognate with Old French ja and Old Galician-Portuguese ja.

#### Adverb

ya
* already
** c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 96v:DEla segunda faz del ſigno de leon es la piedra aque llaman robi. & deſta auemos ementado ya en eſte libro en el .iiij. grado del ſigno de leon.Of the second facet of the sign of Leo is the stone they call ruby, which we have already recalled in this book in the fourth degree of the sign of Leo.
* then; later (afterwards)
* now (presently)
** c. 1240 – 1250, anonymous, Libro de Alexandre p. 175, (ed. by Jesús Cañas, 1988, Madrid: Cátedra):Ya querián los de fuera al adarve llegar, mas bien ge lo sabién los de dentro vedarThose outside now wanted to go through the wall walk, but those inside were wise to forbid it to them
* finally; lastly; last; in conclusion; to conclude; in closing
* from now on; going forward
* well
* first
* only (just)

##### Descendants

* Ladino: ya, ייה
* Spanish: ya

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic يَا (yā)

#### Interjection

ya
* oh (hey)
* I hope so; let us hope so

### References

* Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “ya”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 535

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* य (Devanagari script)
* য (Bengali script)
* ය (Sinhalese script)
* ယ (Burmese script)
* ย or ยะ (Thai script)
* ᨿ (Tai Tham script)
* ຍ or ຍະ or ຢະ (Lao script)
* យ (Khmer script)
* 𑄠 (Chakma script)

### Etymology 1

From Sanskrit यद् (yad).

#### Pronoun

ya m
* (relative) who, which, that

##### Declension
#### Pronoun

ya n
* (relative) which, that
* (relative) (duplicated) whatever
** c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 250; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:अथ सब्बासं विभत्तीनं यानि यानि पुब्बानि छ पदानि तानि तानि परस्सपदसञ्ञानि होन्ति।Atha sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ yāni yāni pubbāni cha padāni, tāni tāni parassapadasaññāni honti.Then whatever are the first six endings of all the endings, they are called the active endings.

##### Declension
#### Derived terms

* yā
* yadidaṃ (“namely”)

### Etymology 2

Probably from the pronunciation of a syllable consisting only of the letter.

#### Noun

ya m
* the Pali letter 'y'
** c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 4; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, स, ह, ळ, ं। इति व्यञ्जन नाम होन्ति।Ka, kha, ga, gha, ṅa, ca, cha, ja, jha, ña, ṭa, ṭha, ḍa, ḍha, ṇa, ta, tha, da, dha, na, pa, pha, ba, bha, ma, ya, ra, la, va, sa, ha, ḷa, aṃ, iti vyañjanā nāma honti.'k', 'kh', 'g', 'gh', 'ṅ', 'c', 'ch', 'j', 'jh', 'ñ, 'ṭ', 'ṭh', 'ḍ', 'ḍh', 'ṇ', 't', 'th', 'd', 'dh', 'n', 'p', 'ph', 'b', 'bh', 'm', 'y', 'r', 'l', 'v', 's', 'h', 'ḷ' and 'ṃ', these are the consonants by name.
** c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 12; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:यो जस्स यथा-नियंपुत्तं।Yo jassa yathā- niyaṃputtaṃ.'Y' from 'j' as in 'niyaṃputtaṃ'.
** c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 10; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:यं एदन्तस्सादेसो॥६॥6. Yaṃ edantassādeso.6. Change of final 'e' to 'y'.
** c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 12; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:को यस्स यथा-सको।Ko yassa yathā-sako.'K' from 'y' as in 'sako'.

##### Synonyms

* yakāra

### References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ya”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

## Paraujano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈja/
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ya

### Adverb

ya
* here, now

#### Usage notes

* This adverb admits verbal suffixes, in which case it takes the meaning "to be here".

### References

* Álvarez, José, Bravo, María (2008) “ya”, in Diccionario básico de la lengua añú [Basic dictionary of the Añú language]‎, Maracaibo, Venezuela: University of Zulia, →ISBN, page 107.

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

Compare German ja, Dutch ja, Swedish ja.

### Interjection

ya
* yes, yeah

## Phuthi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

### Verb

-ya
* to go to, towards [with locative]

#### Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈja/
* Rhymes: -a

### Adverb

ya
* Alternative form of iá

## Scots
### Numeral

ya
* Alternative form of ae

### References

* “ya, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

## Sotho
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

### Verb

ya
* to go

## South Slavey
### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ. Cognates include Navajo yá.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jà(ʔ)], [ʒà(ʔ)]
* Hyphenation: ya

### Noun

ya (stem -ya-)
* sky

#### Inflection

$^{1)}$ Used when the subject is a group of human beings and the object is singular. $^{2)}$ Used when the previous condition does not apply.

### References

* Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 92

## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

### Verb

-ya
* to go to, towards [with locative]

#### Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ya (“already; now”), from Latin iam. Compare French déjà, Italian già, Ladino ya, and Portuguese já.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʝa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃa/ [ˈʃa]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒa/ [ˈʒa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ya

### Adverb

ya
* now
    Synonyms: ahora, (colloquial) ahorita
    Púlsalo ya. ― Press it now.
    Preparados, listos, ya. ― Ready, set, go.
* already, yet
    Ya lo hice. ― I already did it.
* in the near future; soon
    Voy a terminar mi trabajo ya. ― I am going to finish my work soon.
* immediately
    Synonym: ahora mismo
* anymore; no longer
    Ya no quiero volver a ese lugar. ― I don't want to go back to that place anymore.
* (emphatic) emphatic (similar to the use of English "so" or "oh" as an interjection)
    ¡Ya lo sé! ― I do know!
* (in negatives) only
    no ya... ― not only...
* (before pero) yes
    ya, pero... ― yes, but...
* (before que) since, now, as
    ya que... ― now that...
* OK

#### Derived terms

* desde ya
* no ya
* pues ya
* que ya es decir
* si ya
* ya está
* ya no
* ya pues
* ya que
* ya se va
* ya te digo
* ya veremos

### Conjunction

ya ... ya ...
* first (something) then (something else); first (something), now (something else)
    ¡Ya lluvia ya nieve!First rain, now snow!
* whether (something) or (something else)
    ya sol ya lluviawhether sun or rain

### Interjection

ya
* come on!, let's go!
    Synonyms: vamos, vámonos, adelante, ándale, (Mexico) órale, (Chile) ya po
* (colloquial) used to acknowledge or dismiss the previous statement
    —Sabes que quedamos con Antonio esta tarde. —Ya."You know we're hanging out with Antonio tonight." "I know."
    —No podrás venir, que trabajas ese día. —Ya, pero cerramos temprano los viernes."You can't come, you're working that day." "Right, but we close early on Fridays."

#### Derived terms

* ya, ya

### Further reading

* “ya”, 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

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Particle

ya
* n class$_{(IX)}$ inflected form of -a
* mi class$_{(IV)}$ inflected form of -a
* ma class$_{(VI)}$ inflected form of -a

## Tabaa Zapotec
### Noun

ya
* reed

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ja/ [jɐ]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ya

### Etymology 1

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜌ (ya).

#### Noun

ya (Baybayin spelling ᜌ)
* the name of the Latin-script letter Y/y, in the Abakada alphabet
    Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) way, (in the Abecedario) ye

##### See also

* yaya

### Etymology 2
#### Interjection

ya (Baybayin spelling ᜌ)
* expression used to drive cattle: yah
    Synonym: hiya

### Further reading

* “ya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* ay, -ay

## Ternate
### Etymology

Possibly from Indonesian ya (“yes”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈja]

### Interjection

ya
* yes

### References

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

## Tlahuica
### Noun

ya
* stomach

## Tswana
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

### Verb

ya
* to go
    Ke ya lapeng.I'm going home.

## Turkish
### Alternative forms

* yaa (colloquial)

### Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ja/ (sense 1,4,5 and 6)
* IPA: /jaː/ (sense 2 and 3)

#### Interjection

ya
* Expression of surprise or confusion.
    Gerçekten mi ya?Wow, really?
* aw (Used to express affection.)
    Ya, çok tatlı! Şunun yatışına bak.Aw, she’s so cute! Look at how's she sleeping.
* Expresses frustration.
    Ya yeter be, yeter!Enough!
* An expression used to indicate ratification of a statement that requires an approval or necessity.
    Biz de gelelim mi? - Gelin ya.Shall we come too? - Please do.
* Used after inflected verbs in order to intensify the meaning.
    Önündekini bitirsene! - Bitirdim ya...Finish your plate already! - I already finished it...
* Provides the actual meaning of the sentence by stressing the latter sentence.
    Seni orada gördüm ya, seslenmeye yüreğim yetmedi.I saw you there but I didn't have enough courage to call you out.

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یا (ya), from Arabic يَا (yā, “o, hey, you”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ja/

#### Particle

ya
* vocative particle
    Synonym: ey

##### Related terms

* ya Allah
* ya Rabbi
* ya sabır
* yahu
* yalel
* yalelli
* yallah

#### Further reading

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ya2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یا (ya), from Persian یا (yâ, “either, or”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ja/

#### Conjunction

ya
* what if (used to introduce speculation about future)
    İlahi, hocam, hiç göle maya çalmakla göl maya tutar mı? -Ya tutarsa?Teacher, can a little bit of yeast ferment the lake? - What if it does?
* what about (used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered)
    Poşetleri taşıması kolay. Ya bu bavullar? Onlar ne olacak?It's easy to carry the bags. What about the luggage? What will happen to them?
* (preceding the last term in a list) above all, especially
    Saçları, sesi, gülüşü çok güzel. Ya gözleri.Her hair, her voice, her smile are all so beautiful. And especially her eyes.

##### Related terms

* veya
* veyahut
* yahut

#### Conjunction

ya … ya …
* either … or
    Synonyms: ya … ya da …, ya … yahut …
    Ya bu, ya şu. İkisine birden paramız yetmez.Either this or that. We can't afford to buy them both.

#### Derived terms

* ya bu deveyi gütmeli, ya bu diyardan gitmeli
* ya dayak yememiş ya sayı bilmiyor
* ya devlet başa ya kuzgun leşe
* ya hep ya hiç
* ya herrü ya merrü
* ya huyundan ya suyundan
* ya var ya yok

#### Further reading

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ya1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

#### Further reading

* “ya”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “ya”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ya”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5019

### References

* Parlatır, İsmail et al. (1998) “ya”, in Türkçe Sözlük, 9th edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 2357a
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2177

## Usan
### Noun

ya
* water
* rain

## Venda
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

### Verb

ya
* to go

## Volapük
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ya (“already”).

### Adverb

ya
* already
** 1940, “Pötü yelacen”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 1:In Siyop ya dü yels mödik krigastad bevü Yapän e Tsyinän dareigon, ed in Yurop krig jenon bevü Deutän e Polän, Linglän e Fransän, e bevü Rusän e Suomiyän.In Asia, a state of war has already been going on for years between Japan and China, and in Europe war is being waged between Germany and Poland, England and France, and between Russia and Finland.

## Warao
### Noun

ya
* sun

#### Synonyms

* hokohi

## Western Huasteca Nahuatl
### Pronoun

ya
* third person; he, she

## White Hmong
### Etymology

Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] eint.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʝa˧/

### Verb

ya
* to fly

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

### Verb

-ya
* (intransitive) to go to, towards [with locative]

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Yami
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia. Compare Indonesian ia, Maori ia.

### Pronoun

ya
* he; she

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English yaf. Doublet of gae (“gave”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jaː/

### Verb

ya
* simple past of yie
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 14, page 90:Shoo ya aam zim to doone, as w' be doone nowe;She gave them some to do, as we are doing now;

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 90

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /já/

#### Verb

yá
* to borrow
    Wọ́n yá owó lọ́wọ́ mi. ― They borrowed money from me.
* to lend
    Wọ́n yá mi lówó. ― They lent me money.

##### Derived terms

* ayálégbé (“tenant”)
* ayánilówó (“money lender”)
* ayáwó (“money borrower”)
* ọ̀rọ̀-àfetíyá (“ear loan”)
* ọ̀rọ̀-àfojúyá (“eye loan”)
* ọ̀rọ̀-àyálò (“loanword”)
* yáwó (“to borrow money”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /já/

#### Verb

yá
* to be fast
    Synonym: yára
    Aago yẹn fi wákàtí kan yá. ― That clock is ahead by an hour.
* to be ready
    Ó ti yá! ― It's time!
    Nígbà tó yá, ó jáde. ― Later, she went out.
* to be fit
** (with ara (“body”)) to be healthy
    Synonyms: le, yá gágá
    Ara mi ò yá. ― I'm not feeling well. (literally, “My body is not healthy.”)

##### Derived terms

* bó pẹ́ bó yá (“sooner or later”)
* yára (“to be fast”)
* ó yá (“hurry up; come on”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jā/

#### Verb

ya
* to tear; to be torn; to rip
    Tó o bá jíwèé wò, màá ya pépà ẹ. ― If you cheat, I'll rip your paper.
    Má fa aṣọ rẹ ya. ― Don't tear your clothes.
    Ó fa ọkàn mi ya. ― It tore my heart
    Ìjì máa ya á lulẹ̀. ― The storm will tear it down.

##### Usage notes

* Used with fà (“to stretch; to pull”) in the V2 position

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jā/

#### Verb

ya
* to flow; to overflow
    Odò ti ya wọ oko. ― The river has flooded into the fields.
    Odò yẹn ya wọ odò Ọya. ― That river flows into the Niger.
    Ẹrẹ̀ ti ya wọ̀lú. ― A mudslide has flowed into the town.

##### Derived terms

* àkúnya

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jà/

#### Verb

yà
* to turn
    Lọ tààrà, kó o sì yà sósì. ― Go straight, then turn left.

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jà/

#### Verb

yà
* to depict; to draw; to take (picture)
    Yà mí ní fọ́tò níbí báyìí. ― Take my picture here.
    Ó ń ya àwòrán. ― He's drawing a picture.

##### Usage notes

* ya when followed by direct object.

##### Derived terms

* ayafọ́tò (“photographer”)
* ayàwòrán (“artist”)
* fọ́tò yíyà (“photography”)
* yàwòrán (“to draw a picture”)
* ìyàwòrán (“drawing”)

### Etymology 7
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jà/

#### Verb

yà
* to comb

##### Usage notes

* ya when followed by direct object.

##### Derived terms

* yarun (“to comb hair”)
* ìyarun (“comb”)
* òòyà (“comb”)

### Etymology 8
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jà/

#### Verb

yà
* to split; to divide
    Ibí ni ọ̀nà ti yà. ― The road branches off from here.
* (with ẹnu (“mouth”)) to surprise; to shock
    Ó yà wá lẹ́nu gan-an. ― It surprised us a lot.
    Ẹnu ya mí. ― I was shocked

##### Usage notes

* ya when followed by direct object.

##### Derived terms

* ẹ̀yà (“part”)
* yanu (“to open the mouth”)
* yà sọ́tọ̀ (“to separate; to reserve”)
* ìpínyà (“division; separation”)
* ìyanu (“wonder; miracle”)

### Etymology 9
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jà/

#### Verb

yà
* to become; to be
    ya wèrè ― to go crazy
    ya pòkíì ― to become a delinquent
    ya ọ̀lẹ ― to be lazy
    yabo ― to go well (in reference to a year)
    ya ahun ― to become stingy

##### Usage notes

* ya when followed by direct object.
* usually has a negative connotation

##### Derived terms

* yàtọ̀ (“to be different”)

### Etymology 10
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jà/

#### Verb

yà
* to visit
    Synonym: bẹ̀
    Mo ya ilé ọ̀rẹ́ ìyá mi lánàá ― I visited my mother's friend's house yesterday.

##### Usage notes

* ya when followed by direct object.

##### Derived terms

* omíyalé
* àgbàrá ya ṣọ́ọ̀bù

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a.

### Verb

-ya
* (intransitive) to go to, towards [with locative]

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ya”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ya”

## Zuni
### Noun

ya
* moon