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y'

/jə/

y' pronoun: you; ya; ye.

Pronoun

y'

  1. (dialectal, informal, pronoun, subjective) you; ya; ye.
    • Y' are brave, but the most uncrafty lad that I can think upon!1888, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow
    • Y'r can turn out the place, boys, if y' think Monty or me had anything to do with his blasted wallet.1946, Katharine Susannah Prichard, The roaring nineties: a story of the goldfields of Western Australia

Words formed from y'

Questions about y'

What does y' mean?
Y' means you; ya; ye.
What part of speech is y'?
Y' is a pronoun.
How do you pronounce y'?
Y' is pronounced /jə/.

Words near y' in the dictionary

  1. Y theodolite
  2. Y theodolites
  3. Y worm
  4. Y worms
  5. Y&R
  6. y'
  7. y'ad
  8. y'ain't
  9. y'all
  10. y'all means all
  11. Y'all Qaeda

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