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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Telugu యాస (yāsa).
Noun
yaasa (uncountable)
- (India) a regional dialect or accent of Telugu.
2016 February 20, “Auv Malla! Telangana Dialect Triumphs Finally”, in The New Indian Express:It’s official! Telangana yaasa, which was for long oppressed and ridiculed, finally gets it due with the mainstream print, radio and TV using it to connect with its readers and audience.
2019 October 12, “Anand picks up Guntur slang to play a middle class Andhra abbayi next”, in Times of India:The actor, who took six months of prep to master the rural Telangana dialect of the 80s for Dorasaani, had to quickly unlearn the same and pick up the 'Guntur yaasa'.
2020 March 15, “Dalitality in Palasa 1978: What Telugu Cinema Waited a Century to Say”, in The Citizen, archived from the original on 3 December 2020:Many have already described Palasa 1978 as the first ever Srikakulam based Telugu feature, with its yaasa, folk songs, places etc.
Anagrams
Bambara
Conjunction
yaasa
- so that, in order that
- Synonym: walasa
Wolof
Noun
yaasa (definite form yaasa bi)
- A Senegalese dish made of rice, a lemon sauce and onions, along with grilled meat
References
Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 261