'cham

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cham"

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English icham, equivalent to 'ch- +‎ am. Cognate with English cham.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃam/

Contraction

'cham

  1. I am
    • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 104:
      'Cham afear'd ich mosth cress a Shanaan,
      I am afraid I must cross the Shannon,

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 30
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