yarthe

Yola

Alternative forms

• yartha

Etymology

yarth (“art, are”) +‎ thee (“thou”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔːˈðiː/

Contraction

yarthe

1. art thou? are you?
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     How yarthe to-die, mee joee?

     How art thou to-day, my joy?

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 80