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Vinony

ja

adverb

  1. yes
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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans ja (“yes”), from Dutch ja (“yes”). More at yea.

  1. Yes.

    “Ja, he had been fooled and it was not pleasant for a man to go home and tell his wife that he been verneuked.”

name

Etymology: Borrowed from German JA (“Junge Alternative für Deutschland”).

  1. Young Alternative for Germany.

    “In a statement in April, the intelligence agency deemed the AfD’s youth wing, the Young Alternative for Germany or Junge Alternative für Deutschland (JA), as “clearly xenophobic” and “propagating a racial concept of society based on basic biological assumptions.” It deemed the group was likely to adopt “non-peaceful behavior” towards people perceived as foreign. […] According to the BfV, the JA promotes an ethno-nationalist worldview that ostracizes anyone who is not a native, white German.”

noun

Etymology: From the Revised Romanization of Korean 자 (ja).

  1. Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.