knouth

Yola

Alternative forms

• know

Etymology

From Middle English knowen, from Old English cnāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *knāan. Quotation should be analyzed as knou /nuː/ + Irish th /h/ + em /iːm/. This misspelling shows that these Yola speakers were often acquainted with Irish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuː/
• Homophone: neow

Verb

knouth (third-person singular simple present nouth, simple past knew)

1. to know

   Synonym: 'ote

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Ich knouth em.

     I know him.

2. knoweth

Related terms

• knoouledge

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 51