caam

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Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Irish cam.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

caam

  1. crooked
    • 1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 5:
      An Brogeen ee-dreut in a well o Caam Stone.
      And 'Brogeen' drowned in the well of Camstone.

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References[edit]

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 130