Alteration ofyea ( “ yes; even, truly, verily ” ) . More atyea .
yay
( colloquial ) An expression of happiness. Yay! I have finally finished my work!
Misspelling ofyea .( an expression of happiness ) : hooray → Icelandic:jei → Japanese:イェイ ( yei ) ,イェーイ ( yēi ) → Ukrainian:єй ( jej ) an expression of happiness
—see also yes Chinese:Mandarin:好哇 (zh) ( hǎowā ) ,萬歲 / 万岁 (zh) ( wànsuì ) Czech:hurá (cs) ,jupí (cs) Dutch:joepie (nl) Esperanto:hura (eo) Finnish:jippii (fi) ,jess ,hurraa (fi) French:hourra (fr) ,youpi (fr) Georgian:ვაშა ( vaša ) German:juhu (de) ,hurra (de) Greek:Ancient Greek:ἀλαλαί ( alalaí ) ,ἰή ( iḗ ) Hungarian:juhé ,hurrá (hu) Icelandic:jei ,vei Ido:hura (io) Interlingua:hurrah Japanese:やったー ( yattā ) ,やった ( yatta ) ,万歳 (ja) ( ばんざい, banzai ) ,イェイ ( yei ) ,イェーイ ( yēi ) Korean:만세(萬歲) (ko) ( manse ) Portuguese:eba ,viva (pt) ,oba (pt) ,iúpi (pt) Russian:ура́ (ru) ( urá ) Spanish:yupi (es) ,órale (es) ,hurra (es) Swedish:jippi (sv) ,hurra (sv) ,tjoho Turkish:yuppi ,yaşasın (tr) Ukrainian:ура ( ura ) ,та (uk) ( ta ) ,єй ( jej ) ( slang ) Vietnamese:hoan hô (vi) ,vạn tuế (vi) (萬歲 )
yay (notcomparable )
Alternative spelling ofyea The tree wasyay big.
2018 October 30, CGP Grey, 5:29 from the start, inWho Owns The Statue of Liberty? [2] , archived fromthe original on16 July 2024 :See, in the 1800s, the island wasyay big, but by the 1990s, it wasyay big.
Clipping ofyayo , fromSpanish llello .
yay (uncountable )
( US , slang ) Cocaine (powder or crack).2006 December, “They Shootin' ”, inVibe :In Billy Corben's engrossing new documentary,Cocaine Cowboys (Magnolia Pictures), self-described "assassin" Jorge "Rivi" Ayala (among others) give up the goods on Miami's explosive early '80syay trade.
2009 , Tyrone Pierson,Murder in the Moonlight , AuthorHouse, published2009 ,→ISBN ,page339 :I'm in charge of a whole city block, and I always wear gloves when I touch theyay , cuz traces of cocaine show up on my u. a., when I touch it with my bare hands.
Almaniyadayay vaxtıçəmənlik ―A meadow in Germany duringsummer Inherited fromProto-Turkic *yāy ( “ summer ” ) .[ 1]
yay (definite accusative yayı ,plural yaylar )
summer Yayda uşaqlar məktəb əgetmir . ―Children don't go to schoolin the summer . Yay ilin isti mövsüm üdür. ―Summer is the hot season of the year.Inherited fromProto-Turkic *yā(y) ( “ bow ” ) .
yay yay (definite accusative yayı ,plural yaylar )
bow ( a weapon used for shooting arrows ) spring ,coil yay
Alternative form ofþei ( “ they ” ) yay
exclamation Way,yay , wewiib enda-gizhigaawan iniw ininaatigoon. Goodness gracious, hurry, the maples are running just fast. FromOttoman Turkish یای ( yay ) , fromProto-Turkic *yā(y) ( “ bow ” ) .
Cognates
Cognate withAzerbaijani yay ,Crimean Tatar yay ,Gagauz yay ,Bashkir йәйә ( yəyə ) ,Chuvash укҫу ( ukśu ) ,Nogai яй ( yay ) ,Khakas чааӌах ( çaacax ) ,Karaim jaj ,йайа ,йаа ,Kazakh жақ ( jaq ) ,Kyrgyz жаа ( jaa ) ,Southern Altai јаа ( ǰaa ) ,Tatar җәя ( cäya ) ,Turkmen ýāý ,Uzbek yoy ,Tuvan ча ( ça ) ,Uyghur يا ( ya ) , etc.
yay (definite accusative yayı ,plural yaylar )
bow (weapon)spring yay
second-person singular imperative ofyaymak