Yea

Pronunciation

• enPR: yā, IPA: /jeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophones: yay

Origin

From Middle English ye, ȝea, from Old English ġēa, iā ("yea, yes"), from Proto-Germanic *ja ("yes, thus, so"), from Proto-Indo-European *yē ("already"). Cognate with Scots yea, ya ("yes, yea, indeed, so"), Saterland Frisian ja ("yes"), West Frisian ja ("yes"), Dutch ja ("yes"), German ja ("yes, yea"), Swedish ja, jo ("yes, well, indeed"), Icelandic já ("yes"), Latin iam ("now, already").

Full definition of yea

Adverb

1. (dated) yes
2. Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture)The pony was yea high.

Synonyms

• (yes) aye, yep, yes, yup

Antonyms

• nay
• no

Conjunction

1. (archaic) or even, or more like, nay. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.
• c. 1633, The Flea (poem), byO stay, three lives in one flea spare,Where we almost, yea, more than married are.

Interjection

1. (in some dialects of American English, including Southern, Western, and African American Vernacular) yeah, right, yes
2. Misspelling of yeah

Noun

1. An affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken
• Recently senators could fax in their yeas or nays to the committee chairman.

Anagrams

• aye