| \yaf\ | verb
1. Scot. and North England. to bark; yelp. | | Quotes | Probably it was a dog belonging to the natives, though native dogs near stations will yaff as they pursue their game, as I have heard them, but this is rare.
-- William Howitt, The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, 1865 | | Origin | | Yaff may be a dialectal blend of waff meaning "bark" with yap or yawp. It entered English in the early 1600s. | |
