/yay/ , adv.
1. yes (used in affirmation or assent).
2. indeed: Yea, and he did come.
3. not only this but even: a good, yea, a noble man.
n.
4. an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
5. a person who votes in the affirmative.
[ bef. 900; ME ye, ya, OE gea; c. D, G, ON, Goth ja ]