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Aja vs Aya - What's the difference?

aja | aya | Alternative forms |

Aya is a alternative form of aja.



As proper nouns the difference between aja and aya

is that aja is alternative form of Aya|lang=en while Aya is in Akkadian mythology, a mother goddess, consort of the sun god Shamash.

As a noun aya is

alternative form of lang=en.

As an adverb aya is

yes; yea; aye.

aja

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • aya

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Adverb

    (-)
  • (archaic, dialect, New England) yes; yea; aye.
  • * 1938 , Thornton Wilder, Our Town: A Play in Three Acts , Coward-McCann and Samuel French (1965), ISBN 0743223136:
  • *:“The date is May 7, 1901, just before dawn. (COCK CROW offstage.) Aya, just about.”
  • * 2001 , David McCullough, John Adams , Simon & Schuster (2001), ISBN 0573613494:
  • *:“And for all her reading, her remarkable knowledge of English poetry and literature, she was never to lose certain countrified Yankee patterns of speech, saying 'Canady' for Canada, as an example, using 'set' for sit, or the old New England 'aya,' for yes.”
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