interj. a scream of aggression, as during a fight with a wild dog in The Long Night of White Chickens by Francisco Goldman.
interj. a shriek of alarm.
<Before I can grab it, my “lunch” is in my lap! “Yaaaa!!!!” I scream. There goes my new cheetah blouse! —Deborah Gregory, Cheetah Girls Supa-Dupa Sparkle.>
interj. giddyup (a command for a horse to move); see also yeeeee.
<“Yaaaa!” Henry shouted, spurring the stallion to follow. —Wendy Loggia, Ever After: A Cinderella Story.>
yaaaaaa yeeee yaaa yaaaaa yeee yaaaa.
n. the “cacophonous chorus of high-pitched, shrill voices, joining in a long ululation” during a Russian Orthodox worship service, as described in Highlanders: A Journey to the Caucasus in Quest of Memory by Yo’av Karny.
Yaaya.
n. a stream in Russia.
Yae.
n. a populated place in Nigeria.
n. a populated place in the Hiroshima region of Japan.
n. a populated place in the Oaxaca region of Mexico.
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