Estonian

Interjection

jaa

1. yes

Derived terms

• jaatama

Finnish

(index ja)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: jaa

Noun

jaa

1. aye (only in singular; in voting).

Declension

Not declined.

Compounds

• jaa-ääni

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɑːˣ]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: jaa

Verb

jaa

1. Indicative present connegative form of jakaa.

   Minä en/Sinä et/Hän ei/Me emme/Te ette/He eivät jaa kakkua.

   I/You/We/You/They don't/She/He doesn't divide the cake.

2. Second-person singular imperative present form of jakaa.

   Jaa kakku!

   Divide the cake!

3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of jakaa.

   Älä jaa kakkua!

   Don't divide the cake!

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: jaa

Interjection

jaa

1. um, well.

   Jaa, enpä tiedä...

   Um, I don’t know...

2. oh (when the speaker is surprised about something that s/he got to know; this has a slight nuance of the speaker being more or less interested in getting more information about it).
3. (rare) yes.

Derived terms

• ei juuta eikä jaata

Anagrams

• aja

Western Apache

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-ǯəγe·ʔ. Cognates: Navajo -jaa’, Chiricahua -jaa, Jicarilla -jaa, Plains Apache -jaghe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒàː]

Noun

-jaa ‎(inalienable)

1. (anatomy) ear, outer ear

   shijaa‎ ― my ear

   bijaa‎ ― her/his/their ear

Usage notes

The form -jaa occurs in the San Carlos varieties; -jaa’ occurs in White Mountain and Dilzhe’eh (Tonto).