yah

Meanings

1. 1
   pron

   a dialect or eye-dialect spelling of you

   I told yah I would be back before dark.

2. 2
   adv

   an informal or dialectal spelling of yes

   Yah, I understand what you mean.

3. 3
   intj

   used to express contempt, derision, or defiance

   Yah! You missed the easiest shot.

4. 4
   intj

   a call used to urge a horse to move faster

   The coachman cracked the whip and shouted, "Yah!"

Several uses converge in this spelling. Informal yah meaning "yes" is a pronunciation spelling related to yes and yeah. Dialect yah for "you" is eye dialect reflecting local pronunciation. The derisive interjection is a natural or imitative exclamation recorded in English from the early 17th century; the horse call is another urging exclamation. Hebrew Yah is a separate proper name and is excluded here.

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