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yere

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: ȝere, y'ere, and ye're

English

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Etymology 1

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From ye analogous to your<you.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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yere (possessive)

  1. (Ireland) your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye
    • 2001, Martin McDonagh, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Scene 8:
      What I want ye to remember, as the bullets come out through yere foreheads, is []
    • 2012 Kerry O'Shea Edinburgh’s Fringe festival thinks The Rubberbandits are English IrishCentral 27 July 2012:
      The Rubberbandits took to their Twitter (@Rubberbandits) on Tuesday in the wake of the Fringe fest’s apparent typo saying that, “@edfringe As much as we'd love to swear allegiance to Lizzie. Could ye change our country of origin from "England" to Ireland on yere site?” (sic)
    • 2012 July 28, Christy O'Connor, “The first great rivalry of the 21st century”, in Irish Independent:
      "I've been listening to yere s**** there all day about how great ye are," he told them. "Who the hell do ye think ye are with yere two All-Irelands and one ambush?"
Usage notes
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Especially in the south and west of Ireland. The yod-dropping pronunciation is more dialectal.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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yere (plural yeres)

  1. Obsolete spelling of year.

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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yere

  1. Alternative form of ere (ear)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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yere

  1. Alternative form of yeer (year)

Spanish

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Verb

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yere

  1. inflection of yerar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English hear.

Verb

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yere

  1. To hear
    • 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore[1], New York: Columbia University Press, page 424:
      Bɔfru dɛ krei̯, Dia dɛ krei̯, Tamanwa 'ɛ krei̯. Nō mō ala den meti 'ɛ gowe wą' wą'. Nō mō Hagu drapɛ, 'ɛ bari, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / Mi yɛre suma dɛdɛ, / Ma karaki dɛ bro.’
      [Bofru e krei, Dia e krei, Tamanwa e krei. Nomo ala den meti e gwe wanwan. Nomo Agu drape e bari, 'Bia, bia, bia / Mi yere suma dede / Ma karaki e bro.']
      Buffalo was crying, Deer was crying, Anteater was crying. No sooner did all the animals go away one by one, than Hog called out, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / I hear a person died, / But his backside breathes.’

Turkish

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Noun

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yere

  1. dative singular of yer

Yoruba

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably from Edo yee (to remember), it is being replaced by rántí among younger speakers

Pronunciation

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Verb

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yèrè

  1. (chiefly CY and SEY) to remember
    Synonyms: rántí, níran
    Mo ti yèrèbáyìí!I have remembered it now!
  2. (chiefly CY and SEY, transitive) to remind
    Synonyms: yèlérè, rán létí

Derived terms

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References

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  • Adetugbọ, Abidoun. The Yoruba language in Western Nigeria: Its major dialect areas [2], 1967
  • Ogen, Olukoya. The Akoko-Ikale: A Revision of Colonial Historiography on the Construction of Ethnic Identity in Southeastern Yorubaland [3], 2014