yas
English
editInterjection
edityas
- (often African-American Vernacular, LGBTQ or valley girl, slang) Nonstandard spelling of yes.
- 1862, Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862[1]:
- 'Oh! yas, I smokes; but I durned sight d'ruther chaw.'
- 1904 November, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], Cabbages and Kings, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., page 175:
- "Yas, yas!" they cried, with broader grins and many nods.
- 1913, Horace Annesley Vachell, Bunch Grass[2]:
- It's nice, yas, and it's paid for.
Derived terms
editPronoun
edityas
- Nonstandard spelling of yous.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- "Where Does "YAAAS" Come From?" in Bustle
Anagrams
editAleut
editPronunciation
editNoun
edityas
- (Western) reef (rocks at or near surface of water)
References
edit- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Azerbaijani
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *yās (“damage, loss; shame”). Compare, however, also Arabic يَأْس (yaʔs, “despair”).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
edityas (definite accusative yası, plural yaslar)
Declension
editDeclension of yas | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | yas |
yaslar | ||||||
definite accusative | yası |
yasları | ||||||
dative | yasa |
yaslara | ||||||
locative | yasda |
yaslarda | ||||||
ablative | yasdan |
yaslardan | ||||||
definite genitive | yasın |
yasların |
Further reading
edit- “yas” in Obastan.com.
Beaver
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Athabaskan *yəx̣s. Cognate with Tsuut'ina zas, Chipewyan yaθ, Ahtna yaas, Carrier yvθ, Sekani yas, Navajo yas.
Noun
edityas
References
edit- Young, Robert W & William Morgan, Sr. The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary. University of New Mexico Press. Albuquerque, NM: 1987.
Indonesian
editNoun
edityas (first-person possessive yasku, second-person possessive yasmu, third-person possessive yasnya)
Navajo
editAlternative forms
edit- zas (Eastern Navajo)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Athabaskan *yəx̣s. Cognate with Tsuut'ina zas, Chipewyan yaθ, Beaver yas, Carrier yvθ, Sekani yas, Ahtna yaas.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edityas
- (Western Navajo) snow
Derived terms
edit- yas ditłéʼé (“wet snow”)
- Yas Niłtʼees
- yaskááʼ
Sekani
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Athabaskan *yəx̣s. Cognate with Tsuut'ina zas, Chipewyan yaθ, Beaver yas, Carrier yvθ, Navajo yas, Ahtna yaas.
Noun
edityas
References
edit- Young, Robert W & William Morgan, Sr. The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary. University of New Mexico Press. Albuquerque, NM: 1987.
Spanish
editPronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: yas
Etymology 1
editNoun
edityas m (plural yases)
- (Costa Rica) coyo avocado (Persea schiedeana) (the tree or its fruit)
- Synonyms: chucte, chinín, pahua, coyo, aguacamico, aguacate de mico, aguacate de monte
Further reading
editEtymology 2
editNoun
edityas m (uncountable)
Further reading
edit- “yas” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
Talysh
editNoun
edityas
Tat
editNoun
edityas
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish یاس (yâs), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yās (“loss, damage; shame”) (see there for cognates). The semantic development may have been influenced by unrelated Arabic يَأْس (yaʔs, “despair”), whence also the borrowing yeis.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edityas (definite accusative yası, plural yaslar)
Declension
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Nominative | yas | yaslar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | yası | yasları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | yasa | yaslara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | yasta | yaslarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | yastan | yaslardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | yasın | yasların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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edit- “yas”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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