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ia.

yes, aye

2 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

particle/ˈiː.a//ja/
  1. yes, aye

    North-Wales · colloquial
    Fo ’di dy dad di? Ia, dyna fo.
  2. interrogative particle (used sentence-finally when a non-verbal element is fronted for emphasis)

    North-Wales · colloquial
    Fo ’di dy dad, ia?
Where this word comes from

From ie with the unstressed final vowel lowered from /ɛ/ to /a/, a feature of north-west Walian speech.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.