Meaning

3 senses

  1. (informal)Yeah; yes.

  2. (informal)Go. (Spoken to horses and cattle.)

  3. (Malaysia, Singapore, informal)Yes, yeah (used to express affirmation)

Examples

20 sentences

  1. Told ya so!

    Отож бо й воно!

    ruА я предупреждал!

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  2. You just keep getting bigger, don't ya?

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  3. I know we're in the house, but put some clothes on, will ya?

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  4. Right back at ya.

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  5. Are ya winning, son?

    ruПобеждаешь, сынок?

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Origin

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

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

Variation of hyah.

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.

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Forms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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