fho
Yola edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English who, from Old English hwā, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɸuː/, /vuː/
- Homophones: fowe, vew
Pronoun edit
fho
- who
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Fho told thee?
- Who told thee?
- whom
- 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 102:
- To fho shall ich maake mee redress?
- To whom shall I make my redress?
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 40