gaame

Yola

Alternative forms

• gaume, gaaume

Etymology

• From Middle English game, from Old English gamen, from Proto-West Germanic *gaman.
• From Middle English gamen, from Old English gamenian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔːm/

Noun

gaame

1. game, laughter, ridicule

Verb

gaame

1. to make game of, ridicule
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 100:

     Go gaame abuth Forth, thou unket saalvache.

     Go, make game about Forth, thou uncouth sloven.

   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 100:

     Risheenearès! Leth aam gaame wee aar barish-amang,

     Snack-eaters! let them game, with their barley-mung.

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 40