Alternative Spelling guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
This record is a supporting form or spelling variant of ya. Use the canonical entry for the main definition and word-family path.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
pron
Alternative form of ya (“you”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, clitic, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From an unstressed you (/jə/) after a word ending in /t/; the unstressed sequence /tj/ coalesces into /tʃ/ ⟨ch⟩ in many accents. Compare didja.
