yas

Interjection

yas

1. (often African American Vernacular) Nonstandard spelling of yes.
   • 1862, Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862‎:

     'Oh! yas, I smokes; but I durned sight d'ruther chaw.'

   • 1904, O. Henry, Cabbages and Kings‎:

     "Yas, yas!" they cried, with broader grins and many nods.

   • 1913, Horace Annesley Vachell, Bunch Grass‎:

     It's nice, yas, and it's paid for.

Pronoun

yas

1. Nonstandard spelling of yous.

Anagrams

• AYs, ays, say

Pronunciation

• (Western) IPA^(key): /ˈjas/

Noun

yas

1. (Western) reef (rocks at or near surface of water)

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Alternative forms

• zas (Eastern Navajo)

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *yəx̣s. Cognate with Sarcee zas, Chipewyan yaθ, Beaver yas, Carrier yvθ, Sekani yas, Ahtna yaas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑ̀s/

• Audio (NV)

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Noun

yas

1. (Western Navajo) snow