chote

See also: chotě

Spanish

Verb

chote

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

Swahili

Adjective

chote

1. Ki class inflected form of -ote.

Yola

Contraction

chote

1. Alternative form of 'chote (“I know”)
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:

     Chote well aar aim was t'yie ouz n'eer a blowe.

     I saw (well) their intent was to give us ne'er a stroke.

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

     A laafe ing lemethès chote wel ta ba zang,

     A leaf in tatters, I know well to be sung,

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, line 3:

     an, az wee verilie chote,

     and, as we truly believe,

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 84