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jaa

Pronunciation: /ˈjɑː/

“jaa” is a Finnish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

interjection

  1. um, well
  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. yes

noun

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish ia, iā (“yes”) (compare Swedish ja).

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