What does やあいい exactly mean?

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いったい　どんだけ背負やあいいんだか

I'm slightly confused by this やあいい. I can gather from context that he's essentially "How much one must bear?", basically he's complaining that has to bear a heavy burden and the word here is likely 背負い

However, what kind of grammar "やあいい" is exactly

Does this answer your question: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/12525/9831 — chocolate, Nov 19 '23 at 23:36
The word is 背負う is a verb. It corresponds to the chart, specifically at 言えば→ いいや — Jimmy, Nov 20 '23 at 01:37
The character at the end is not が but か (question marker). — naruto, Nov 20 '23 at 02:22

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 20 '23 at 02:20

背負やあ is a contracted form of 背負えば. eba can contract into ya(a). If you know 見りゃあ is a slangy version of 見れば, it's the same here.

せおう: (verb) "to carry on one's back"
せおえば se-o-e-ba: 仮定形 of 背負う
せおや se-o-ya: eba-to-ya contraction
せおやあ: やあ is a variant of や

See also: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/21367/5010

What does やあいい exactly mean?

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