Definition/Meaning of yea

• English - Adverb: yea ( not comparable ) ( dated ) yes Bishop Joseph Hall Yea , have not too many amongst us added to their unreformation an impudence in sinning? Thus , so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture) The pony was yea high . Synonyms ( yes ) : aye , yep , yes , yup Antonyms nay no
• English - Conjunction: yea ( archaic ) or even , or more like , nay . Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one . c . 1633 , The Flea , by John Donne O stay , three lives in one flea spare , Where we almost , yea , more than married are .
• English - Interjection: yea ( in some dialects of American English , including Southern , Western , and African American Vernacular ) yeah , right , yes Misspelling of yay . alternative form of yeah
• English - Noun: yea ( plural yeas ) An affirmative vote , usually but not always spoken
• English - Etymology: Wikipedia From Middle English ye , ȝea , from Old English ġēa , iā ( “ yea , yes ” ), from Proto-Germanic *ja ( “ yes , thus , so ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *yē ( “ already ” ). Cognate with Scots yea , ya ( “ yes , yea , indeed , so ” ), Saterland Frisian ja ( “ yes ” ), West Frisian ja ( “ yes ” ), Dutch ja ( “ yes ” ), German ja ( “ yes , yea ” ), Swedish ja , jo ( “ yes , well , indeed ”…