Yola edit

Etymology edit

hea +‎ is

Pronunciation edit

Contraction edit

hea's

  1. he's
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 37:
      Hea's ee-go.
      He's gone.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 54:
      Hea's a gooude lickeen bye.
      He's a good-looking boy.

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 37