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Yat vs Yay - What's the difference?

yat | yay |

As nouns the difference between yat and yay

is that yat is a vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use while yay is the name of the letter for the y sound in Pitman shorthand.

As a proper noun Yat

is a unique collection of dialects of English spoken in New Orleans, Louisiana.

As an interjection yay is

alternative form of lang=en yes.

As an adverb yay is

so, this (accompanied by a hand gesture.

yat

English

(wikipedia yat)

Alternative forms

* jat

Noun

(en noun)
  • A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital'' ), no longer in current use
  • The Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) vowel that was represented by this letter, usually transcribed as /?/. This vowel underwent various alterations in the later Slavic dialects and is no longer distinguished (except in Ijekavian).
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    yay

    English

    Alternative forms

    * yea

    Etymology 1

    Alteration of . More at (l).

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (colloquial) (yes).
  • (colloquial)
    • Yay! I have finally finished my work!
    Synonyms
    * (an expression of happiness) hooray
    Derived terms
    * yayness

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (chiefly, US) so, this (accompanied by a hand gesture)
    • The pony was yay high.

    Alternative forms

    * yea

    See also

    * nay

    Etymology 2

    : From the sound it represents, by analogy with the other palatal letters chay'' and ''jay .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of the letter for the y sound in Pitman shorthand.
    • Related terms
    * wye, the name of the Latin letter for this sound

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) llello.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (US, slang) Cocaine.
  • * 2006 , " They Shootin'", Vibe , December 2006:
    • In Billy Corben's engrossing new documentary, Cocaine Cowboys (Magnolia Pictures), self-described "assassin" Jorge "Rivi" Ayala (among others) give up the goods on Miami's explosive early '80s yay trade.
  • * 2009 , Tyrone Pierson, Murder in the Moonlight , AuthorHouse (2009), ISBN 9781438965154, page 339:
    • I'm in charge of a whole city block, and I always wear gloves when I touch the yay , cuz traces of cocaine show up on my u. a., when I touch it with my bare hands.
  • * 2012 , :
    • I don't do yay , but if you want to, fine
    Synonyms
    * See also . English palindromes ----