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Yola[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from Middle English þe moste (“the greatest (person)”) with semantic bleaching.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
themost
- one
- 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 3:
- Themost wi egges an heimost wi thick,
- One had eggs and another had a kid,
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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 129