yinz
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Contraction of you ones or ye ones. Compare you-uns, yens.
Pronoun edit
yinz
- (US, dialectal, especially Western Pennsylvania and Appalachia) you (plural).
Synonyms edit
- see the list of other second-person pronouns in you
Zhuang edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /jin˧˩/
- Tone numbers: yin2
- Hyphenation: yinz
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
yinz (1957–1982 spelling yinƨ)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
yinz (1957–1982 spelling yinƨ)
- third earthly branch