bothom

Middle English

Noun

bothom

  1. alternative form of botme

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English botom, from Old English botm, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔt̪əm/, /ˈbɔtəm/

Noun

bothom

  1. bottom[1]
    • 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 108:
      A bothom vele udh.
      The bottom fell out.
  2. The thread wound into balls.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 135
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