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yas

yas

See also: yaş and þas

English

Interjection

yas

  1. Nonstandard spelling of yes.
    • 1862, Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862:
      'Oh! yas, I smokes; but I durned sight d'ruther chaw.'
    • 1904, O. Henry, Cabbages and Kings:
      "Yas, yas!" they cried, with broader grins and many nods.
    • 1913, Horace Annesley Vachell, Bunch Grass:
      It's nice, yas, and it's paid for.

Pronoun

yas

  1. Nonstandard spelling of yous.

Anagrams


Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *yəx̣s. Cognate with Sarcee zas, Chipewyan yaθ, Beaver yas, Carrier yvθ, Sekani yas, Ahtna yaas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jàs]

Noun

yas (Western Navajo form of zas)

  1. snow

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