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yaya (pluralyayas)

1. (Philippines) Ananny;femalecaregiver;nursemaid
   • 2020 June 3, William Meny, “Witches” (4:25 from the start), inWhat We Do in the Shadows‎^[1], season 2, episode 9, spoken by Nadja (Natasia Demetriou):

     “Can you not make this carriage move faster? You're moving slower than when myyaya tried to ride a snail to the next village.”

Unknown.

• (Singapore)IPA^(key):/ˈjɑjɑ/

yaya (invariable)

1. (Singlish) Toshow off or behave in anegocentric orself-important manner.

yaya (comparativemoreyaya,superlativemostyaya)

1. (Singlish) Arrogant,stuck-up.

• yaya papaya

• Lee, Jack Tsen-Ta (2004) “yaya”, inA Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English

yaya

1. star

• Hyphenation:ya‧ya
• IPA^(key):/ˈjaja/ [ˈja.ja]

yaya

1. aweak feeling in the limbs

Unknown.

• Hyphenation:ya‧ya
• IPA^(key):/ˈjaʔjaʔ/ [ˈjaʔ.jɐʔ]

yaya

1. slow
2. clumsy
3. stretched out

Borrowed fromSpanishyaya(“granny”). CompareCatalaniaia.

• Hyphenation:ya‧ya
• IPA^(key):/ˈjaja/ [ˈja.jɐ]

yaya

1. (sometimesderogatory) ananny
2. an address to one's nanny

yaya

1. to work or act as ananny

Unknown.

yaya

1. a tree,Gonocaryum calleryanum

For quotations using this term, seeCitations:yaya.

yaya

1. tocry

yaya

1. he;she

yaya

1. Rōmaji transcription ofやや

yaya

1. Romanization ofᠶᠠᠶᠠ

yaya

1. nursemaid;babysitter

• IPA^(key):/jà.já/

yàyá

1. senior
2. eldercousin

yaya

1. as if

• IPA^(key):/ˈja.ja/

yaya

1. father

   Synonyms:tayta,tata

   Coordinate term:mama(“mother”)

2. chief,elder
3. priest
4. (arcaic)God

Perhaps from ModernGreekγιαγιά(giagiá,“grandmother”). Or more likely simply a feminine ofyayo (see there for further etymology).

• Rhymes:-aʝa
• Syllabification:ya‧ya

yaya f (pluralyayas)

1. granny,gran
2. (Philippines)femalecaregiver;nursemaid;nanny(girl orwoman employed totake care ofchildren)

• “yaya”, inDiccionario 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”, inDiccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish),Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish:Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española],2010

Uncertain, but possibly fromPortugueseaia(“maid”) or an Indian language, such asHindiआया(āyā,“dry nurse, nanny”).^[1]

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yaya classV (pluralmayaya classVI)

1. nanny,babysitter,ayah

Borrowed fromSpanishyaya(“granny”). Compare withCebuanoyaya,Catalaniaia.

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

yaya (masculineyayo,Baybayin spellingᜌᜌ)

1. nanny;nursemaid;femalecaregiver/caretaker;amah(girl orwoman employed totake care ofchildren)

   Synonym:ama

2. wet nurse

   Synonyms:sisiwa,mamay

3. (by extension)helper;maid

   Synonyms:katulong,kasambahay,utusan,kriyada

Compareanyaya(“invitation”).

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

yayà (Baybayin spellingᜌᜌ)

1. invitation;request;persuasion;inducement

   Synonyms:pagyaya,anyaya,imbitasyon,kayag,kumbida,yakag

2. personinvited(to come to a certain place or to help do something)

• aya

• anyaya

yayà (Baybayin spellingᜌᜌ)

1. invitedpersonally tohelp do certainwork

   Synonyms:yakag,niyakag

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

yayá (Baybayin spellingᜌᜌ)(obsolete)

1. driving away orshooingmaya birds

   Synonyms:bugaw,wasiwas,hiyaw,sibok

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

yayâ (Baybayin spellingᜌᜌ)(obsolete)

1. name of the Baybayin letterᜌ, corresponding to "ya"

• “yaya”, inPambansang 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^[2], 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.”

• IPA^(key):[ˈja.ja]

yaya

1. mother

   Synonym:hera

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

Inherited fromOttoman Turkishیایا(yaya).

• IPA^(key):/jaja/

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yaya (definite accusativeyayayı,pluralyayalar)

1. pedestrian; someone walking, instead of using a vehicle
2. (military,historical) foot soldier

• yayan

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

Together with the politebaba(“father”), likely borrowed fromTernateyaya(“mother”).

• IPA^(key):/ˈja.ja/

yaya

1. mother

The termyaya is used for addressing one's mother, whereas the termsmama andmamu are used for referring to a mother.

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982)The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3], Pacific linguistics