Aya vs Ama - What's the difference?
aya | ama |
(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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(nautical) The float on the outrigger of a proa or trimaran.
Fabric made from the hair of a camel or goat.
A traditional , typically female.
As an adverb aya
is there, over there.As a verb ama is
to love.aya
English
Adverb
(-)ama
English
Noun
(wikipedia ama) (en noun)References
*Ama at the Phrontistery
