ya

¹ American  

[yuh] / yə /

pronoun

Informal.

1. you.

   Give me a hand, will ya?

2. your.

   Where's ya brother?

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ya ² American  

[yah] / yɑ /

interjection

Informal.

1. a variant of yeah.

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yā ³ American  

[yah] / yɑ /

noun

1. the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.

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YA ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. young adult.

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Etymology

Origin of ya¹

First recorded in 1820–25; a phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of you and your in continuous rapid speech

Origin of yā³

From Arabic

Example Sentences

“I wasn’t a rapper, but the thrill of being a part of going and where they went, it was the inspiration for how it ended up that lead us all to going back, soaking up what we’d absorbed and coming back with ‘Protect Ya Neck.’”

From Los Angeles Times

In "Ya Bon" he criticised current and past African heads of state who he says have maintained a "servile relationship with the coloniser".

From Barron's

In the YA section, some kids from school were playing on the computers, and they pointed and giggled when they saw Jonah being paraded around, his arm trapped in the librarian’s grip.

From Literature

A sus 41 años y jugando su 23ª temporada, un récord, se le preguntó a James sobre su futuro, ya que su eventual retirada siempre parece ser motivo de curiosidad.

From Los Angeles Times

“No. Quiero decir, Este-Oeste es sin duda una tradición. Ha sido muy bueno. Obviamente, me gusta el formato Este-Oeste. Pero están probando algo nuevo. Ya veremos qué pasa. Quiero decir, es Estados Unidos contra el mundo. El mundo es gigantesco en comparación con Estados Unidos. Así que estoy tratando de entender cómo tiene sentido eso. Pero no quiero profundizar demasiado en eso. Sí, Este-Oeste es genial. Veremos qué pasa con esto”.

From Los Angeles Times