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Alemannic German
Adverb
jaa
Alternative form of ja
Estonian
Etymology
See jah .
Interjection
jaa
yes
Noun
jaa (genitive jaa , partitive jaad )
a yes
Declension
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Swedish ia , iā ( “ yes ” ) .
Pronunciation
Interjection
jaa
um , well
Jaa , enpä tiedä...Um , I don’t know...
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 )
( rare ) yes
Derived terms
Noun
jaa
aye , yea ( only in singular; in voting )
Declension
Rarely declined.
Compounds
Further reading
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
jaa
present active indicative connegative 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.
second-person singular present imperative of jakaa
Jaa kakku!Divide the cake!
second-person singular present active imperative connegative of jakaa
Älä jaa kakkua! Don't divide the cake!
Anagrams
Kiliwa
Verb
jaa
to go
Mam
Noun
jaa
house
Murui Huitoto
Pronunciation
Adverb
jaa
soon
References
Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia. , Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis)
Sissala
Noun
jaa
house
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-jaa (infinitive kujaa )
to be full (of something), be filled
to become full (of something)
to be plentiful
to be or become fat
Conjugation
Conjugation of -jaa
Positive present
-na jaa
Subjunctive
-jae
Negative
-jai
Imperative singular
jaa
Infinitives
Imperatives
Singular
jaa
Plural
jaeni
Tensed forms
Habitual
hujaa
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li jaa
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku jaa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na jaa)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni najaa/na jaa
tu najaa
2nd person
u najaa
m najaa
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a najaa
wa najaa
other classes
positive subject concord + -na jaa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -jai )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si jai
hatu jai
2nd person
hu jai
ham jai
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha jai
hawa jai
other classes
negative subject concord + -jai
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta jaa
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta jaa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jae )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni jae
tu jae
2nd person
u jae
m jae
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a jae
wa jae
other classes
positive subject concord + -jae
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si jae
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge jaa
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe jaa
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali jaa
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali jaa
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me jaa
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha jaa
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja jaa
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki jaa
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo jaa
Consecutive
kajaa / positive subject concord + -ka jaa
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka jae
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Derived terms
Noun
jaa (ma class , plural majaa )
rubbish dump , trash heap
Synonyms: jalala , dampo
Western Apache
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *-džəɣeʼ . Cognates: Navajo -jaa’ , Chiricahua -jaa , Jicarilla -jaa , Plains Apache -jaghe .
Pronunciation
Noun
-jaa (inalienable )
( 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 ).
Yoruba
Igi jáà
Pronunciation
Noun
jáà
the tree Ehretia cymosa , commonly used in traditional medicine
Synonym: igi jáà