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yayas

yayas is the plural of yaya.

Meaning of yaya

Noun

yaya (plural yayas)

  1. (Hong-Kong, Philippines) A nanny; female caregiver; nursemaid
    • “Can you not make this carriage move faster? You're moving slower than when my yaya tried to ride a snail to the next village.”2020 June 3, William Meny, “Witches” (4:25 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Nadja (Natasia Demetriou)

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Questions about yayas

What is yayas the plural of?
Yayas is the plural of yaya.

Words near yayas in the dictionary

  1. yay-boo
  2. yaya
  3. yaya papaya
  4. yayan
  5. Yayantique
  6. yayas
  7. Yayati
  8. yayness
  9. yayo
  10. Yayoi
  11. yayoisaponin

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