Yea
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yea¹
- /jeɪ/
- /jiː/ obsolete
- /jiː/ Early Modern
- /jɛː/ Early Modern
Sounds like yay, Ye · Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
From Middle English ye, ȝea, ya, ȝa, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”), from Proto-West Germanic *jā.
The modern pronunciation shows an irregular development of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language, probably from association with the antonym nay.
adverb
- Yes, indeed. 1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum Yea, and the prophet of the heav'nly lyre, / Great Solomon sings in the English quire […]
- Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture by way of measurement). This kid... What'd he look like? / Well, he was about yea high. You know, tiny like. I didn't get a good look at him, though. He was back in the kitchen.
conjunction
- Or even, or more like, nay. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one. [N]ow ſuch a liue vngodly, vvithout a care of doing the wil of the Lord (though they profeſſe him in their mouths, yea though they beleeue and acknowledge all the Articles of the Creed, yea haue knowledge of the Scripturs) yet if they liue vngodly, they deny God, and therefore ſhal be denied, […] (w
interjection
- Yeah, right, yes.
noun yeas
- An affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken Recently senators could fax in their yeas or nays to the committee chairman.
yea²
- /ˈjɛ(ə)/
- /ˈjæ(ə)/
Rhymes with -ɛə
Where it comes from
From yeah.
interjection
- Alternative spelling of yeah.yeah
yea³
- /jeɪ/
Where it comes from
See yay.
interjection
- Misspelling of yay.yay
Yea⁴
proper noun
- A town in the Shire of Murrindindi, central eastern Victoria, Australia.
