yay

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• CMU ARPABET: Y EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Alteration of yea (“yes; even, truly, verily”). More at yea.

Borrowed from Vietnamese Giáy.

Clipping of yayo, from Spanish llello.

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 好哇 (hǎowā) — an expression of happiness
• Chinese Mandarin: 萬歲 /万岁 (wànsuì) — an expression of happiness
• Czech: hurá — an expression of happiness
• Czech: jupí — an expression of happiness
• Dutch: joepie — an expression of happiness
• Esperanto: hura — an expression of happiness
• Finnish: jippii — an expression of happiness
• Finnish: jess — an expression of happiness
• Finnish: hurraa — an expression of happiness
• French: hourra — an expression of happiness
• French: youpi — an expression of happiness
• Georgian: ვაშა (vaša) — an expression of happiness
• German: juhu — an expression of happiness
• German: hurra — an expression of happiness
• Ancient Greek: ἀλαλαί (alalaí) — an expression of happiness
• Ancient Greek: ἰή (iḗ) — an expression of happiness
• Hungarian: juhé — an expression of happiness
• Hungarian: hurrá — an expression of happiness
• Icelandic: jei — an expression of happiness
• Icelandic: vei — an expression of happiness
• Ido: hura — an expression of happiness
• Interlingua: hurrah — an expression of happiness
• Japanese: やったー (yattā) — an expression of happiness
• Japanese: やった (yatta) — an expression of happiness
• Japanese: 万歳 (banzai) — an expression of happiness
• Japanese: イェイ (yei) — an expression of happiness
• Japanese: イェーイ (yēi) — an expression of happiness
• Korean: 만세 (manse) — an expression of happiness
• Portuguese: eba — an expression of happiness
• Portuguese: viva — an expression of happiness
• Portuguese: oba — an expression of happiness
• Portuguese: iúpi — an expression of happiness
• Russian: ура́ (urá) — an expression of happiness
• Spanish: yupi — an expression of happiness
• Spanish: órale — an expression of happiness
• Spanish: hurra — an expression of happiness
• Spanish: ole — an expression of happiness
• Swedish: jippi — an expression of happiness
• Swedish: hurra — an expression of happiness
• Swedish: tjoho — an expression of happiness
• Turkish: yuppi — an expression of happiness
• Turkish: yaşasın — an expression of happiness
• Ukrainian: ура (ura) — an expression of happiness
• Ukrainian: та (ta) — an expression of happiness
• Ukrainian: єй (jej) — an expression of happiness
• Vietnamese: hoan hô — an expression of happiness
• Vietnamese: vạn tuế — an expression of happiness
• Bouyei: Haausqyaix — A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people
• Chinese Mandarin: 布依語 /布依语 (Bùyīyǔ) — A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people
• Thai: ภาษาปู้อี (paasăa bpôoee) — A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people
• Vietnamese: tiếng Bố Y — A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people
• Vietnamese: tiếng Giáy (Giáy language) — A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people
• Zhuang: Vahyaej — A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people