jaa

See also: ja'a, jaa., jää, jáà, jAa, and jaA

Alemannic German

Adverb

jaa

  1. Alternative form of ja

Estonian

Etymology

See jah.

Interjection

jaa

  1. yes

Noun

jaa (genitive jaa, partitive jaad)

  1. a yes

Declension
Inflection of jaa (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative jaa jaad
accusative jaa jaad
genitive jaa jaade
partitive jaad jaasid
illative jaasse jaadesse
inessive jaas jaades
elative jaast jaadest
allative jaale jaadele
adessive jaal jaadel
ablative jaalt jaadelt
translative jaaks jaadeks
terminative jaani jaadeni
essive jaana jaadena
abessive jaata jaadeta
comitative jaaga jaadega

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish ja (“yes”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑː/, [ˈjɑː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Syllabification(key): jaa

Interjection

jaa

  1. um, well
    Jaa, enpä tiedä...
    Um, I don’t know...
  2. 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)
  3. (rare) yes
Derived terms
  • ei juuta eikä jaata

Noun

jaa

  1. aye, yea (only in singular; in voting)
Declension

Rarely declined.

Inflection of jaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative jaa jaat
genitive jaan jaiden
jaitten
partitive jaata jaita
illative jaahan jaihin
singular plural
nominative jaa jaat
accusative nom. jaa jaat
gen. jaan
genitive jaan jaiden
jaitten
partitive jaata jaita
inessive jaassa jaissa
elative jaasta jaista
illative jaahan jaihin
adessive jaalla jailla
ablative jaalta jailta
allative jaalle jaille
essive jaana jaina
translative jaaksi jaiksi
instructive — jain
abessive jaatta jaitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of jaa (type maa)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative jaani jaani
accusative nom. jaani jaani
gen. jaani
genitive jaani jaideni
jaitteni
partitive jaatani jaitani
inessive jaassani jaissani
elative jaastani jaistani
illative jaahani jaihini
adessive jaallani jaillani
ablative jaaltani jailtani
allative jaalleni jailleni
essive jaanani jainani
translative jaakseni jaikseni
instructive — —
abessive jaattani jaittani
comitative — jaineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative jaasi jaasi
accusative nom. jaasi jaasi
gen. jaasi
genitive jaasi jaidesi
jaittesi
partitive jaatasi jaitasi
inessive jaassasi jaissasi
elative jaastasi jaistasi
illative jaahasi jaihisi
adessive jaallasi jaillasi
ablative jaaltasi jailtasi
allative jaallesi jaillesi
essive jaanasi jainasi
translative jaaksesi jaiksesi
instructive — —
abessive jaattasi jaittasi
comitative — jainesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative jaamme jaamme
accusative nom. jaamme jaamme
gen. jaamme
genitive jaamme jaidemme
jaittemme
partitive jaatamme jaitamme
inessive jaassamme jaissamme
elative jaastamme jaistamme
illative jaahamme jaihimme
adessive jaallamme jaillamme
ablative jaaltamme jailtamme
allative jaallemme jaillemme
essive jaanamme jainamme
translative jaaksemme jaiksemme
instructive — —
abessive jaattamme jaittamme
comitative — jainemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative jaanne jaanne
accusative nom. jaanne jaanne
gen. jaanne
genitive jaanne jaidenne
jaittenne
partitive jaatanne jaitanne
inessive jaassanne jaissanne
elative jaastanne jaistanne
illative jaahanne jaihinne
adessive jaallanne jaillanne
ablative jaaltanne jailtanne
allative jaallenne jaillenne
essive jaananne jainanne
translative jaaksenne jaiksenne
instructive — —
abessive jaattanne jaittanne
comitative — jainenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative jaansa jaansa
accusative nom. jaansa jaansa
gen. jaansa
genitive jaansa jaidensa
jaittensa
partitive jaataan
jaatansa		 jaitaan
jaitansa
inessive jaassaan
jaassansa		 jaissaan
jaissansa
elative jaastaan
jaastansa		 jaistaan
jaistansa
illative jaahansa jaihinsa
adessive jaallaan
jaallansa		 jaillaan
jaillansa
ablative jaaltaan
jaaltansa		 jailtaan
jailtansa
allative jaalleen
jaallensa		 jailleen
jaillensa
essive jaanaan
jaanansa		 jainaan
jainansa
translative jaakseen
jaaksensa		 jaikseen
jaiksensa
instructive — —
abessive jaattaan
jaattansa		 jaittaan
jaittansa
comitative — jaineen
jainensa
Compounds

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑːˣ/, [ˈjɑː(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Syllabification(key): jaa

Verb

jaa

  1. 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.
  2. second-person singular present imperative of jakaa
    Jaa kakku!
    Divide the cake!
  3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of jakaa
    Älä jaa kakkua!
    Don't divide the cake!

Anagrams

Kiliwa

Verb

jaa

  1. to go

Mam

Noun

jaa

  1. house

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhaː]

Adverb

jaa

  1. 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

  1. house

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Verb

-jaa (infinitive kujaa)

  1. be full (of something), be filled
  2. become full (of something)
  3. be plentiful
  4. be or become fat

Conjugation
Conjugation of -jaa
Positive present -najaa
Subjunctive -jae
Negative -jai
Imperative singular jaa
Infinitives
Positive kujaa
Negative kutojaa
Imperatives
Singular jaa
Plural jaeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hujaa
Positive past positive subject concord + -lijaa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kujaa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -najaa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninajaa/najaa tunajaa
2nd person unajaa mnajaa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anajaa wanajaa
other classes positive subject concord + -najaa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -jai)
Singular Plural
1st person sijai hatujai
2nd person hujai hamjai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hajai hawajai
other classes negative subject concord + -jai
Positive future positive subject concord + -tajaa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tajaa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jae)
Singular Plural
1st person nijae tujae
2nd person ujae mjae
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajae wajae
other classes positive subject concord + -jae
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sijae
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngejaa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singejaa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalijaa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalijaa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ajaa)
Singular Plural
1st person najaa twajaa
2nd person wajaa mwajaa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajaa wajaa
m-mi(III/IV) wajaa yajaa
ji-ma(V/VI) lajaa yajaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chajaa vyajaa
n(IX/X) yajaa zajaa
u(XI) wajaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwajaa
pa(XVI) pajaa
mu(XVIII) mwajaa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mejaa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshajaa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jajaa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kijaa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipojaa
Consecutive kajaa / positive subject concord + -kajaa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kajae
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nijaa -tujaa
2nd person -kujaa -wajaa/-kujaeni/-wajaeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mjaa -wajaa
m-mi(III/IV) -ujaa -ijaa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lijaa -yajaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kijaa -vijaa
n(IX/X) -ijaa -zijaa
u(XI) -ujaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kujaa
pa(XVI) -pajaa
mu(XVIII) -mujaa
Reflexive -jijaa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -jaa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -jaaye -jaao
m-mi(III/IV) -jaao -jaayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -jaalo -jaayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -jaacho -jaavyo
n(IX/X) -jaayo -jaazo
u(XI) -jaao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -jaako
pa(XVI) -jaapo
mu(XVIII) -jaamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -jaa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yejaa -ojaa
m-mi(III/IV) -ojaa -yojaa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lojaa -yojaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chojaa -vyojaa
n(IX/X) -yojaa -zojaa
u(XI) -ojaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kojaa
pa(XVI) -pojaa
mu(XVIII) -mojaa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms
  • Verbal derivations:
    • Applicative: -jalia
    • Causative: -jaza (“fill”)
    • Passive: -jawa
    • Stative: -jalika

Noun

jaa (ma class, plural majaa)

  1. 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
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʒàː]

Noun

-jaa (inalienable)

  1. (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
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒáà/

Noun

jáà

  1. the tree Ehretia cymosa, commonly used in traditional medicine
    Synonym: igi jáà
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