yaya
Americannoun
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I went to the market daily with our yaya, and we would make fresh, home-cooked meals every single day.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
This is a reference to the company that Teddy wrote a check from, Angel Inc., which is named for one of his yaya.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2021
“The new dish was influenced by many different cultures, including the Africans who contributed their rice, or yaya, to jambalaya,” Folse wrote.
From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2020
I shall therefore go to the yaya of our tribe and ask them to pray to Those Above that they may let them know if what we now treat of is good or not.
From The Delight Makers by Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse
The tapop, as chairman of the meeting, occupied the middle, together with the principal religious functionaries,—the yaya, or mothers of the tribe.
From The Delight Makers by Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse
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