jaadv.

Brit.

/jɑː/, U.S.

/jɑ/, South African English

/jɑː/

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch ja.

Etymology: < Dutch ja yes (Afrikaans ja ; see yea adv.).

Chiefly South African.

Chiefly in representations of South African (esp. Afrikaner) speech: ‘yes’.

ΚΠ

1826 H. Smith Brambletye House III. i. 10 ‘And you know where he is at this moment.’ ‘Ja, Ja,’ replied Boss, with a familiar nod of his head.

1899 J. P. Fitzpatrick Transvaal from Within 108 The old President jumped up in a huff and said, ‘Ja, ja, ja! You always say it is somebody else!’

1935 P. Smith Platkops Children 61 He asked them, would they trust this man a little? An' they said Ja.

1977 J. McClure Sunday Hangman x. 105 Ja, we scared the poop out of him that time.

2004 H. Strachan Make a Skyf, Man! xiv. 157 Ginsberg, says Ben, you have fuck-all sense of occasion! Ja, says Ginsberg, it's a bugger.

Phrases

South African. ja well no fine: used to indicate a non-committal, resigned, or ironic response or reaction; ‘alright’, ‘that's life’, ‘whatever you say’, ‘whatever’.Also as one word, jawellnofine. Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Historical Princ. (1996) at ja attributes coinage of the phrase to R. J. B. Wilson of the South African Broadcasting Corporation in 1978, as the title of the radio series Jarwellknowfine.

ΚΠ

1982 D. Kramer Short Back & Sides 57 They took the tray from the window, And I said ‘Was yours OK?’, And you said ‘Ja well, no fine’.

1990 Fair Lady (Cape Town) 21 Nov. 81 Charles tried to pluck up the courage to pop the question... He asked me just before dinner and I said something like ‘Ja well, no fine’.

2014 N. Dorman Guardian's Wyrd (e-book, accessed 4 June 2018) x. 124 I was getting really tired of being referred to as ‘boy’ but jawellnofine.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ja
释义	jaadv. Brit. /jɑː/, U.S. /jɑ/, South African English /jɑː/ Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch ja. Etymology: < Dutch ja yes (Afrikaans ja ; see yea adv.). Chiefly South African. Chiefly in representations of South African (esp. Afrikaner) speech: ‘yes’. ΚΠ 1826 H. Smith Brambletye House III. i. 10 ‘And you know where he is at this moment.’ ‘Ja, Ja,’ replied Boss, with a familiar nod of his head. 1899 J. P. Fitzpatrick Transvaal from Within 108 The old President jumped up in a huff and said, ‘Ja, ja, ja! You always say it is somebody else!’ 1935 P. Smith Platkops Children 61 He asked them, would they trust this man a little? An' they said Ja. 1977 J. McClure Sunday Hangman x. 105 Ja, we scared the poop out of him that time. 2004 H. Strachan Make a Skyf, Man! xiv. 157 Ginsberg, says Ben, you have fuck-all sense of occasion! Ja, says Ginsberg, it's a bugger. Phrases South African. ja well no fine: used to indicate a non-committal, resigned, or ironic response or reaction; ‘alright’, ‘that's life’, ‘whatever you say’, ‘whatever’.Also as one word, jawellnofine. Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Historical Princ. (1996) at ja attributes coinage of the phrase to R. J. B. Wilson of the South African Broadcasting Corporation in 1978, as the title of the radio series Jarwellknowfine. ΚΠ 1982 D. Kramer Short Back & Sides 57 They took the tray from the window, And I said ‘Was yours OK?’, And you said ‘Ja well, no fine’. 1990 Fair Lady (Cape Town) 21 Nov. 81 Charles tried to pluck up the courage to pop the question... He asked me just before dinner and I said something like ‘Ja well, no fine’. 2014 N. Dorman Guardian's Wyrd (e-book, accessed 4 June 2018) x. 124 I was getting really tired of being referred to as ‘boy’ but jawellnofine. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas J.A. J.A. n. Judge Advocate. ΚΠ 1881 D. Jones Notes Mil. Law p. vii J.A., Judge Advocate. 1881 D. Jones Notes Mil. Law v. 67 The J.A. and prosecutor must not be the same person. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms p. x J.A., Judge Advocate. extracted from Jn. J.A. J.A. n. Justice of Appeal. ΚΠ 1883 Wharton's Law-lexicon (ed. 7) 432 J.A., Justice of Appeal. 1972 Mod. Law Rev. 35 i. 45 The dictum already referred to of Watermeyer J.A. came at the end of his judgment. extracted from Jn. < adv.1826 as lemmas
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jaadv.

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