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== Translingual == === Etymology === Abbreviation of English Yerava. === Symbol === yea (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ravula. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Ravula terms == English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English ye, ȝea, ya, ȝa, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”), from Proto-West Germanic *jā. The modern pronunciation shows an irregular development of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language, probably from association with the antonym nay. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: yā, IPA(key): /jeɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ Homophones: yay, Ye (obsolete) enPR: yī, IPA(key): /jiː/ (Early Modern) IPA(key): /jiː/, /jɛː/ ==== Adverb ==== yea (not comparable) (dated) Yes, indeed. 1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum Yea, and the prophet of the heav'nly lyre, / Great Solomon sings in the English quire […] (Midwestern US) Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture by way of measurement). ===== Synonyms ===== (yes): aye, yep, yes, yup, yeah, yigh (when contradicting) ===== Antonyms ===== nay no ==== Conjunction ==== yea (archaic) Or even, or more like, nay. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one. (with modern spelling) [N]ow such a life ungodly, without a care of doing the will of the Lord (though they profess him in their mouths, yea though they believe and acknowledge all the Articles of the Creed, yea have knowledge of the Scriptures) yet if they live ungodly, they deny God, and therefore shall be denied ==== Interjection ==== yea (Southern US, Western US, African-American Vernacular) Yeah, right, yes. ==== Noun ==== yea (plural yeas) An affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken Synonym: aye Antonym: nay === Etymology 2 === From yeah. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈjɛ(ə)/, /ˈjæ(ə)/ Rhymes: -ɛə ==== Interjection ==== yea (nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative spelling of yeah. === Etymology 3 === See yay. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: yā, IPA(key): /jeɪ/ ==== Interjection ==== yea Misspelling of yay. === References === === Anagrams === Aye, aye, yae == Yola == === Adverb === yea alternative form of yee === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114