n.
Pronunciation: ' y ā
Function: adverb
Etymology: Middle English ye, ya, from Old English g ē a; akin to Old High German j ā yes
Date: before 12th century
1 : YES ― used in oral voting
2 : more than this : not only so but ― used to introduce a more explicit or emphatic phrase <yet the impression, yea the evidence, is inescapable ― J. G. Harrison>