yá
verb
/já/
Definitions
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to be fast
Aago yẹn fi wákàtí kan yá. That clock is ahead by an hour.
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to be ready
Ó ti yá! It's time!Nígbà tó yá, ó jáde. Later, she went out.
- to be fit
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to be fit; to be healthy
Ara mi ò yá. I'm not feeling well.Similar wordsleverb 9 entries are spelled “le”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. le to be hard in texture, to be difficult lè to be able, can, to be possible le to have a strong taste le to have an erection (of the penis) lé to exceed in number lé to appear distinctly lé on, on top of, after lé to pursue, to chase lé to become swollen yá gágá
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “yá”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
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bóyáadv
yárato be fast
Wiktionary points at “yára”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “yàrá”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “yára” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
yàrá
room
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 2,
where this word is spelled “ya”.
Reference:
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