yasadv.

Brit.

/jas/, U.S.

/jæs/

Forms:

α. 1700s– yas, 1800s– yass.

β. 1800s yahs (English regional (Sussex)), 1800s– yaas Brit. /jɑːs/, U.S. /jɑs/.

In use as interjection, forms with a or s occurring three or more times are also attested.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: yes adv.

Etymology: Representing a regional or colloquial (chiefly North American) pronunciation of yes adv., often in representations of African-American speech.With yas'm in quot. 1909 compare yessum adv. Compare also yassuh adv.

colloquial. Now somewhat rare.

In representations of speech, esp. U.S. speech: yes. Cf. yassuh adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assent > [adverb] > expression of assent > in representations of non-native speech

yaw1600

yas1776

yah1833

yair1903

α.

1776 G. Colman Spleen i. 22 Rubrick. We'll go in, and prepare the advertisement. Machoof. Yas, we mun invastigate its axcellent faculties.

1839 D. P. Thompson Green Mountain Boys I. x. 14 ‘Now look me in the face.’ ‘Yas—umph!’

1867 G. W. Harris Sut Lovingood 158 Hit am es true es sayin yas, when a man axes yu ur me.

1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xxiv. 279 ‘Was Ginger hurt?’.. ‘Yas'm. He was hurt pretty bad. He was killed.’

1927 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Apr. 4/2 Yas, sir. Dat right, sir.

1966 Keystone Folklore Q. 11 85 Caddy always taught the children not to say ‘Yas suh, No suh and Yas 'um’..to white folks.

1986 T. Murphy Conversat. on Homecoming in Plays: 2 (1993) 16 Yas, but you're doing well, your mother was saying, and are you alright there now, boys?

β. 1844 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 7 Oct. ‘D'you see that tall tree down dar?’ ‘Yaas, Jim, I does.’1895 A. W. Pinero Second Mrs. Tanqueray iii. 104 Paula. Your wife? Sir George. Yaas—Birdie.1913 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures (1917) 285 I've become an Episcopalian since I married. Ya-as.1931 W. Faulkner in Harper's Mag. Sept. 401/2 ‘Yaas,’ the man in overalls said in a dry, drawling tone. ‘Yaas. It got caught.’1997 Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 24 Nov. a2/2 ‘Oh, yaas, I have an AST 486 with a Dell monitor and an Epson printer.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yas
释义	yasadv. Brit. /jas/, U.S. /jæs/ Forms: α. 1700s– yas, 1800s– yass. β. 1800s yahs (English regional (Sussex)), 1800s– yaas Brit. /jɑːs/, U.S. /jɑs/. In use as interjection, forms with a or s occurring three or more times are also attested. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: yes adv. Etymology: Representing a regional or colloquial (chiefly North American) pronunciation of yes adv., often in representations of African-American speech.With yas'm in quot. 1909 compare yessum adv. Compare also yassuh adv. colloquial. Now somewhat rare. In representations of speech, esp. U.S. speech: yes. Cf. yassuh adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [adverb] > expression of assent > in representations of non-native speech yaw1600 yas1776 yah1833 yair1903 α. 1776 G. Colman Spleen i. 22 Rubrick. We'll go in, and prepare the advertisement. Machoof. Yas, we mun invastigate its axcellent faculties. 1839 D. P. Thompson Green Mountain Boys I. x. 14 ‘Now look me in the face.’ ‘Yas—umph!’ 1867 G. W. Harris Sut Lovingood 158 Hit am es true es sayin yas, when a man axes yu ur me. 1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xxiv. 279 ‘Was Ginger hurt?’.. ‘Yas'm. He was hurt pretty bad. He was killed.’ 1927 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Apr. 4/2 Yas, sir. Dat right, sir. 1966 Keystone Folklore Q. 11 85 Caddy always taught the children not to say ‘Yas suh, No suh and Yas 'um’..to white folks. 1986 T. Murphy Conversat. on Homecoming in Plays: 2 (1993) 16 Yas, but you're doing well, your mother was saying, and are you alright there now, boys? β. 1844 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 7 Oct. ‘D'you see that tall tree down dar?’ ‘Yaas, Jim, I does.’1895 A. W. Pinero Second Mrs. Tanqueray iii. 104 Paula. Your wife? Sir George. Yaas—Birdie.1913 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures (1917) 285 I've become an Episcopalian since I married. Ya-as.1931 W. Faulkner in Harper's Mag. Sept. 401/2 ‘Yaas,’ the man in overalls said in a dry, drawling tone. ‘Yaas. It got caught.’1997 Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 24 Nov. a2/2 ‘Oh, yaas, I have an AST 486 with a Dell monitor and an Epson printer.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1776
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