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jinne

jinne is the alternative form of yirra.

Meaning of yirra

Interjection

  1. (South Africa, colloquial, offensive, possibly) An exclamation used to express shock or exasperation.
    • We’re going to have a hell of a drought. Yirra it’s tough being a farmer!1987, Marguerite Poland, Train to Doringbult, page 11

Questions about jinne

What is jinne the alternative form of?
Jinne is the alternative form of yirra.

Words near jinne in the dictionary

  1. jinn-brained
  2. jinnah
  3. Jinnahstan
  4. jinnan
  5. Jinnathugau
  6. jinne
  7. jinnee
  8. jinnees
  9. Jinnestan
  10. jinnet
  11. jinnets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jinne (page history and authors); yirra (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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