yarthe
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Yola[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
yarth (“art, are”) + thee (“thou”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Contraction[edit]
yarthe
- art thou? are you?
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- How yarthe to-die, mee joee?
- How art thou to-day, my joy?
References[edit]
- 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 80