gea

gea

1. absolutive singular of ge

Lexicalization of ge- (“both sexes together”). Not to be confused with geja.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡea]

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• Rhymes: -ea
• Hyphenation: ge‧a

gea (accusative singular gean, plural geaj, accusative plural geajn)

1. both sexes, mixed

• ġī — Anglian, Kentish
• ġǣ, ġee, iā

From Proto-West Germanic *jā, from Proto-Germanic *ja.

• IPA^(key): /jæ͜ɑː/

ġēa (West Saxon)

1. yes, yeah

• ġīese

• nese

• Middle English: ye
  • English: yea
  • Yola: yee, yea

• gie (Sursilvan)
• ea (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• schi (Puter, Vallader)

gea

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) yes (used to indicate agreement with a positive statement)

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
• (Sursilvan) bein
• (Sutsilvan) bagn
• (Surmiran) gea bagn
• (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, hei, bainschi hei
• (Vallader) hai, bainschi hai

• goa

From Old Frisian gā, from Proto-West Germanic *gawi, from Proto-Germanic *gawją.

gea n (plural geaën, diminutive geake)

1. region

• Legeaën