ya /ˈjɑː/adverb 1exclamation 3noun 1particle 1forms 1 adverb1 •(dialect, UK) yea; yes'Ya, wilt thou!' said Wallace, 'then tak thee that, […]' — 1806 exclamation3 •(informal) Yeah; yes. •(Singapore, informal) Yes, yeah (used to express affirmation) •(informal) Go. (Spoken to horses and cattle.) noun1 •A letter of the Cyrillic alphabet: Я, я. particle1 •(Singlish) Used to form a confirmation-seeking tag question, expecting an affirmative response.What about yourself Mr Chee, never look a day older, you'll see the rest of us six feet under… Really you look very well. I heard you went for new treatment in Switzerland ya?… — 1983 formsyas
YA noun2 •Initialism of young adult22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love becomes a stratagem and growing up is a matter of basic survival. •Initialism of youth authority.