bidaades

Yola

Etymology

Borrowed from English potato, from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈdɔːdz/

Noun

bidaades

1. potatoes
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 93:

     Aar was bidaades an heereen.

     There were potatoes and herrings;

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 26