jaa

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

jaa - Alemannic German

Adverb

jaa

Alternative form of ja

jaa - Estonian

Interjection

jaa

Noun

jaa (genitive jaa, partitive jaad)

a yes

Declension

	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

jaatama

jaa - Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈjɑː/, [ˈjɑː]
Syllabification: jaa

Interjection

jaa

um, well
- Jaa, enpä tiedä...
  - Um, I don’t know...
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)
(rare) yes

Derived terms

ei juuta eikä jaata

Noun

jaa

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
accusative	gen.	jaan	jaat
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		—	jaineen

Possessive forms of jaa (type maa)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	jaani	jaamme
2nd person	jaasi	jaanne
3rd person	jaansa

Compounds

jaa-ääni

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈjɑːˣ/, [ˈjɑː(ʔ)]
Syllabification: jaa

Verb

jaa

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

Anagrams

jaa - Kiliwa

Verb

jaa

to go

jaa - Mam

Noun

jaa

house

jaa - Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈhaː]

Adverb

jaa

soon

jaa - Sissala

Noun

jaa

house

jaa - Swahili

Verb

-jaa (infinitive kujaa)

be full (of something), be filled
become full (of something)
be plentiful
be or become fat

Conjugation

Conjugation of -jaa

Positive present	-najaa
Subjunctive	-jae
Negative	-jai
Imperative singular	jaa

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
3rd person	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
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -jai

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jae)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nijae	tujae
2nd person		ujae	mjae
3rd person	m-wa(I/II)	ajae	wajae
3rd person	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

Derived terms

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

Noun

jaa (ma class, plural majaa)

rubbish dump, trash heap
- Synonyms: jalala, dampo

jaa - Western Apache

Pronunciation

IPA: [d͡ʒàː]

Noun

-jaa (inalienable)

(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).

jaa - Yoruba

Pronunciation

IPA: /d͡ʒáà/

Noun

jáà

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